The Central Area of Mound A/AB, Harappa
The central area of Mound A/AB was continuosly rebuilt in ancient times. Behind the curved wall is a well and below it what may have been a public bathing area.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Mound F Harappa Site Map
"Six large trenches have been sunk in this mound, viz., three to the west and three to the east of the central belt.
Mound AB
"Due south of Mound F, and across the village road going west to the hamlet the highest of all the mounds at Harappa of Hafiz Bullah, stands Mound AB—(PI. I). Roughly, it is a parallelogram in shape, measuring some 1,450 ft.
Harappa Mound E surface collecting
Excavations in 2000 on the west side of Mound E (Trench 54) began with surface collecting to recover any significant artifacts including inscribed objects and craft indicators.
Early Harappan stylized female figurine from Harappa
The earliest anthropomorphic figurines from Harappa thus far are from the Early Harappan (Ravi Phase, Period 1, and Kot Diji Phase, Period 2) levels.
Trench A Excavations Harappa from SW
"In January 1921, Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni sank in the north-western part of this mound the diagonal Trench A, 16 ft. wide and 500 ft.
Ravi phase hand-formed mud-bricks
Ravi phase hand-formed (not in molds) mud-bricks were found in the early levels mixed with ash and broken pieces of pottery. They may originally have been part of a firing structure or kiln.
Mound E Gateway Reconstruction
Using interpretations presented in Meadow and others (1995), a reconstruction of the bastion/gateway area was completed in EarthVision. The computer reconstructions were based on an artistic rendering completed by HARP archaeologists.
Large Earthen Chati unearthed in Long Trench in Mound F
"It was at this point that the large earthen jar (No. A 233 of the list and photo. No. 2741) came to light. The contents of this vessel were a number of domestic earthenware utensils, a stone chess figure, etc."
- Daya Ram Sahni, Annual Progress
Parallel Walls
View of the parallel wall area, Mound F, noted subsequently by Vats as the eastern part of the Great Granary.
For Sahni’s and Vats’s description of the excavations of this area see Parallel Walls.
See Plate III Vats 1940 Vol II for a ‘Plan of the