Granary, Mound F, Harappa
The Granary from one corner with the chaukidar's [guard] hut on the other side of the structure.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Terra cotta bull figurine
This figurine is from Early Harappan (Period 2, Kot Diji Phase) levels at Harappa.
Detail view of a hollow area
Detail view of a hollow area that would originally have held a wooden beam bonded into the baked brick structure. In the background is a wall remnant from the later rebuilding of the "granary".
Terracotta objects
A number of miscellaneous objects emerged during excavations on Mound F, which contributed the majority of artifacts catalogued in the 1921 ASI report by Daya Ram Sahni.
Different types of beads
The ancient Harappans went to great efforts to obtain exotic colored stones for making beads of different shapes and sizes.
Female figurine nursing an infant from Harappa
The infants being nursed by female figurines are usually very schematically represented by a bent and pinched roll of clay with or without applied eyes.
Terracotta bull, female bust and bull head
Smaller items start getting grouped for the photographs, in photographs from subsequent years we start to see many more objects grouped in each image.
[1] Terracotta head, left. Terracotta bull, right.
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Drain, Harappa
Excavated by the Harappa Archaeological Research Project in 1993, this large corbelled drain was built in the middle of an abandoned gateway at Harappa to dispose of rainwater and sewage.
Ravi phase raw materials
Flakes of various shades of agate, carnelian, jasper, chert, and lapis lazuli indicate the range of raw materials being processed in this part of Harappa during the Ravi phase.
Female Figurines
Early Harappan (Kot Dijian Phase, Period II) female figurines are often broken. On the left is the lower half of a figurine, showing wide hips and pointed legs. On the right is the upper half of a figurine with traces of painting.