Harappa

Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.

Two Gaming Pieces

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This excerpt refers to mound F excavations in Extension Ab. "Another trial trench which had to be cut through a thick layer of earth and debris revealed a huge mass of broken earthen vessels of different shapes and designs varying in size from small

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Three male figurines from Harappa

Male figurines may be distinguished by genitalia and/or small flat nipples. A few male figurines wear chokers with pendants very similar to those worn by females. Some males are depicted with bowed legs. Approximate dimensions (W x H x D) of the

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Weights, Harappa

Cubical weights in graduated sizes.These weights conform to the standard Harappan binary weight system that was used in all of the settlements.

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Jasper drill bits

Jasper drill bits were used for drilling carnelian and amazonite beads during the Ravi and subsequent phases at Harappa. On the left are two snapped drill tips while on the right is a broken drill base. All are from the Ravi phase.

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Mound AB General View from the North

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Next to the excavations on Trench A, Mound F, in 1921 Sahni also cut into Mound AB, under the remnants of a mosque that once stood on top of the mound and the tomb of a holy man which still stands and is visited today. "Of the mound marked A, B, C in

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Mound AB, Harappa

Mound AB is covered with bricks and pottery, most of it dating from 3000 to 2000 B.C.

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Terra cotta necklace find

Conservators very carefully excavate and consolidate a necklace of terra cotta beads found in the Ravi Phase levels at Harappa in 1998. On the left is Arif Husain of Karachi University assisting Elizabeth Robertson of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Detail view of the fill inside the "granary" buttress

Detail view of the fill inside the "granary" buttress. Large pottery sherds, bone, and baked brick fragments lie on the bottom with finer silts on the top

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Faience Tablet and Button Seals

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"In order to trace some more walls of the two blocks of the Great Granary Mr. Sahni made a few stray extensions about the centre of Trench A both towards the east and west.