Deer figurine from Harappa
Other depictions of wild animals include deer figurines with pronged antlers. Deer bones found at Harappa may indicate that deer were hunted.
Approximate dimensions (W x H(L) x D): 3.7 x 10.0 x 6.0 cm.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Kot Diji Charcoal Dating
At the bottom of the Kot Diji phase storage vessel was a broken lid and charcoal that was used for dating the fill inside the pot.
Inscribed sherd, Kot Dijian Phase
This sign was carved onto the pottery vessel after it was fired and may indicate the type of goods being stored in the vessel or the owner of the vessel itself.
Painted Pot Sherds
These two pot sherds depict commonly recurring motifs on pottery at Harappa and Mohenjodaro. The sherd on the left has an interlocking circle, while the one on the right has a double-ring with starburst above a band of stripes and triangles.
Drummers helping in excavations work, Harappa
Excavations in 1999 along the western of edge of Mound F (Trench 43) revealed fallen rubble from walls that had collapsed late in the Harappan occupation of this area of the site.
Unfinished steatite beads
Hundreds of unfinished steatite beads were found in one small area an ashy floor in Trench 54. Some of the tiny wafers are perforated.
Ringstones and Carved Stone from Trench B
Mound A-B
"The next three strata were devoid of any structural remains though the lowest of them was packed with a large number of undulating stone rings of the same character as those described by General Cunningham.
Two rhinoceros figurines from Harappa.
Larger wild animals such as the rhinoceros with its distinctive "horned" snout are also represented. Although the rhinoceros is no longer found in many areas of the Indus region, rhinoceros bones have been found at Harappa.
Kot Diji phase street
Numerous pots and hearths were discovered in mud-brick buildings along the western edge of the N-S oriented Kot Diji phase street.
Sherd with signs
On some sherds, two signs of the Early Indus script (Kot Dijian Phase) appear together. The complete shapes of these signs can be seen on later seals carved with the Indus script (see 43). The sign on the left eventually becomes one of the most