"Fat" female figurine from Harappa
Although most Indus Civilization female figurines are quite curvaceous, some "fat" female figurines are also found. These are often hollow, but sometimes solid.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Modern Harappa
A view of modern Harappa city which is built on top of a large portion of the ancient mound. Many of the streets and houses of the modern town are built directly above earlier streets and houses of ancient Harappa.
Ravi phase steatite microbeads
Tiny steatite microbeads (less than 1mm in diameter) such as those seen here were probably perforated with a sharpened copper wire, while stone drills with larger tips were used for carnelian, lapis, and amazonite beads.
Bangles of Fine Blue Clay
He continues, about perhaps one of the finest objects he found in 1921: "One pair of them attains a high degree of excellence. It is made of fine clay coloured blue. (No. A 182.) Plate IX, Photo No. 2759."
- Daya Ram Sahni, Annual Progress Report of
Granary, Mound F, Harappa
The Granary from one corner with the chaukidar's [guard] hut on the other side of the structure.
Terra cotta bull figurine
This figurine is from Early Harappan (Period 2, Kot Diji Phase) levels at Harappa.
Harappa Platform with large jar in square 2 x 12 in southern portion of Trench A (e)
The jar is broken at the top.
"2 x 17" is painted on the surface, and this number possibly denotes area of find.
Notably, Sahni mentioned a large jar in the third stratum of Ae, “23’ to the south” of a structure of “special interest”, “a solidly
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 Animal Figurines
"Animal figures, mostly in terracotta, have been found in very large numbers at Harappa. They are also fairly common in faience, specially the squirrels and rams, both of which were used as amulets.
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.
"Harappa offers a greater variety of animal