Aerial view of the exposed southeastern portion
Aerial view of the exposed southeastern portion of the "granary" structure shows the nature of brick bonding and the empty sockets that would have held wooden beams and supports.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Terracotta Head and Bull
These two photographs are of two terracotta figurines, on the left is a female figurine with a scrolled headdress, and on the right is a humped bull with broken horns. In the first image (ASI no.
Copper razor
A copper razor (H2000/2164-01) was found in the debris layers at the edge of the kiln dump in Trench 54. Wrapped with fibers, pseudomorphs and impressions of which are preserved in the in the corroded copper, this type of curved razor may have been
Female figurine with painted ornaments from Harappa
Some of the ornaments on female figurines were accentuated with white and/or black pigment, and some ornaments were completely rendered in pigment.
Three Seals [Backs], Harappa
"The discovery at Harappa of the very remarkable seal illustrated in figure 1 of Cunningham's Plate XXXIII in this volume [see Image 2 above] and later of a few more now in the British Museum, suggested that at this site we have the remains of a city
Working Platforms, Harappa
To the south of the "granary" or "great hall" at Harappa is an area with numerous circular working platforms that were built inside small rooms or courtyards. These circular working platforms may have been used for husking grain.
Harappa excavators
After marking, the entire excavation team is called in to map and eventually collect the bead manufacturing debris and all of the sediment from each layer of Ravi phase floors.
Terracotta and Stone Objects
From left to right, a miniature version of a cylindrical perforated jar made of terracotta, a cubical chert stone weight, a small terracotta cylindrical drinking vessel, with a toy terracotta spinning top incorrectly placed on it upside down to serve
Mound F Room, Harappa
There are no answers to the purpose of this structure; current speculation suggests it may have been a palace for a ruler or a ruling group, or perhaps even a building for priests such as the later Buddhist monasteries.
Ravi Phase Pedestaled vessel
Pedestaled vessels such as this hand-built painted bowl-on-stand of the Ravi Phase appear to be the predecessors of a vessel form that becomes more common during the later Kot Diji and Harappa Phases.