Three cores of a conch shell. Chipped to remove the pieces of the outer shell. Left, bottom row: possibly a ladle. Vats: "Shell was worked with great skill, and every part of it was turned to account in the manufacture of dippers, cups, bangle… >
"Base of a terracotta image containing feet of a deity with an uncertain, figure between them (B 54)." - Daya Ram Sahni, Annual Progress Report of the Archaeological Survey [of India], Hindu and Buddhist Monuments, Northern Circle for the Yea…>
"This object is actually part of a composite figurine of a gharial, the narrow snouted crocodile that used to live in the local rivers and ox-bow lakes. The animal is commonly depicted on terracotta and steatite tablets and on intaglio seals. See dr… >
Apparently half-of a burnet brick that seems like it could have been a gameboard, found in the DK area of Mohenjo-daro. Note that the conical piece is likely not a gaming piece but a pointed cone. Dr. Kenoyer writes (Ancient Cities, p. 120). … >
The body may have been wrapped in a shroud, and was then placed inside a wooden coffin, which was entombed in a rectangular pit surrounded with burial offerings in pottery vessels. The man was buried wearing a long necklace of 340 graduated steatite… >
The 1998 excavation crew of the Harappa Archaeological Research Project. Seated at the front left are Mohammad Afzal Khan, representative of the Department of Archaeology, Government of Pakistan, Dr. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Dr. Richard H. Meadow… >
Button seal from the upper layers of Mound AB. Although this seal was found in mixed deposits dating to the Harappan and Late Harappan Periods, the carving suggests that it is actually an Early Harappan seal, dating to around 2800-2600 BCE. >
For the second group of tablets the leading edge of the incision is more rounded and there are grooves along the wide slope of the cutting angle. The third type of tool is equally distinct. When combined with tablets found in earlier years there are… >
