Harappa Trench 39 North
Overview of Trench 39 North, looking at the Harappan and Late Harappan Period levels. The brick wall is part of a large building that was constructed with wooden beams and columns.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Late Harappan Pottery
Collection of reconstructed pottery from the late levels of Trench 43. These shapes include the final Harappan forms (late Period 3C) and transitional Late Harappan period shapes (Period 4).
Earthen Jar Fragments Trench AF
Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXIV (d). Title: ‘Harappa: Mound F, Contents of a Cinerary Jar (A (F) 317)’
Sahni described the area this was found as: “between the trench “Ae” … and the long trench A, a large rectangular cutting A(f), 89’ x 66’,
Well preserved ancient Indus living floors
Continued excavations in 2000 focused on the northern area of Trench 43. Here too were found fallen walls and well preserved living floors. Note the Period 3C circular platform in the background at a considerably lower level.
Whistles
Hollow egg shaped whistles may have been used for making music and for accompaniment to singers, a tradition that is still present in rural areas of Pakistan and India.
Movable head of a bovine figurine from Harappa
The movable heads of figurines often depict cattle. They are usually pierced laterally through the neck and vertically or sagittally through the head in order to secure them to the bodies and control them with a cord.
Approximate dimensions (W x
Harappa phase drain from above
A portion of a large brick drain (Feature 8) was discovered beneath the Harappan wall (see Image 63). This drain runs E-W and would probably have emptied into a larger N-S drain that flowed to the North through a now-missing gateway.
Long rectangular seal with no animal motif
This type of seal is only found in the last part of the Harappan Phase, Period 3C. A similar rectangular seal was found on Mound F in the 1998 excavations of the circular platforms (Trench 43).
Circular platform and the "Granary" area , Harappa
Overview of Trench 43 in 2000 looking north, showing the HARP-exposed circular platform in the foreground and the "granary" area in the background. Note the wall voids to the west, south, and east of the circular platform (see also image 86)
Terracotta snake and coonch of the argha or spoon shape
Shell Conch Spoon: Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVII (e)
Terracotta Snake: Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXVII (a). Title of Plate XXVII: ‘Harappa: Terracotta and Other Objects’
Field number for the spoon in Vats 1940, Vol. I: Ae 167 (p.