Harappa

These doorways in modern Harappa show how a town grows into a mound. Dust and dirt in streets slowly collect and cover doorways. Ultimately they are abandoned and new doorways and buildings are constructed above them. This process is underway throug… >

Above: Animal on Burial Jar from Harappa "A long march preceded our arrival at Haripah, through jangal of the closest description. East of the village was an abundance of luxuriant grass, where, along with many others, I went to allow my… >

An unexcavated area of Harappa is rich in deposits. >

"A second trench was started in the western portion of this mound, but I was so completely bewildered by the enormous accumulations of earth that had to be cleared away that it appeared futile to continue it at the present stage." At this point S… >

A (e) 308 earthen jar lying to the east of earlier sepulcher in trench A (e). Possibly a funerary jar. >

The object published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVII (h) The object has been photographed from a distance in this, in comparison to the published photograph. The scale in front and a rod/scale at the back of the object is visible in both p… >

Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVI (c). Title: ‘Harappa: Mound B, Pit IV, A Rectangular Cell Crossed by a Drain’. “The fourth trench or the northernmost pit revealed the remains of several structures, the best preserved one of which … >

The excavations on mound A-B revealed several strata of inhabitation with walls, platforms and drains indicated. Several objects were unearthed in these strata. These two photographs show the same view, with first a wider angle of the site, and then… >

"The sites F and A-B and some of the other mounds bid fair to yield many more valuable relics and the deep ravines cut by rain water afford convenient places for reaching the earlier strata with comparatively little trouble. One of these ravines imm… >

View of six parallel walls, of the “stouter kind”. Sahni: “The most important architectural discovery … of the year was made about the centre of this mound which, though only partially, exposed, already embraces an area of 106' from east to west … >