A massive baked brick revetment wall
A massive baked brick revetment wall [329] surrounds the solid mud-brick foundation platform [50] of the "granary" that measures approximately 51 meters north-south and 41 meters east-west.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Trench and Jars
This is a photograph of the same area as in Slide 7, Trench A (e) (Vats 1947, Plate IX), but taken from the northeastern edge of the trench looking north.
Terracotta toy, Female Bust and Bird
It is appropriate that – besides broken seals – among the very first objects that the ancient Indus people represented themselves through four thousand years later were toys.
Early levels of the Harappan city
After surface collections, the Trench 54 area of Mound E was selected for excavations because it allowed the exposure of a large area of the earliest levels of the ancient Harappan Period city, dating to approximately 2600-2450 BC.
Head of a female figurine with a "tiara" headdress from Harappa
A few female figurines from Harappa have a sort of "tiara" attached to the front of the fan-shaped headdress.
Approximate dimensions (W x H x D): 6.0 x 8.7 x 3.9 cm.
Ravi phase stone beads
Many broken and unfinished stone beads of carnelian (red-orange) and amazonite (blue-green) were found in the floor levels associated with the Ravi phase pits and hearths. (See also slide 119.)
Period I Cultural Stratigraphy
Using maps and cross-sections of the cultural deposits from HARP, surfaces were generated to represent the interfaces of cultural layers in the mounds at Harappa. This represents the growth of the city of ancient Harappa vertically and through time.
Two Terracotta Toy Carts
The wheel (A 233) was found inside the large earthen chati unearthed in the first long trench on Mound F.
"(21) The only other kind of toy is a cart (Plate X. Photo. No.
Corbeled drain and Mound ET gateway, Harappa
Corbeled drain at Mound ET gateway (3-D reconstruction and artist's conception).
Ravi Phase Pit
During the Ravi Phase (circa 3300-2800 BCE) the earliest inhabitants lived in huts made of wooden posts probably covered with reeds and clay. They stored grain and other foodstuffs in small bell shaped pits that were plastered with fine clay.