Parallel walls in Trench A (b) from S.E.
In the 1923-24 season, Trench A(b) was one of the extensions dug by Daya Ram Sahni from the centre of Trench A in Mound F. Sahni describes the parallel walls in his report of the season's excavations.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
Harappa Trench 39S
Looking up from the bottom of Trench 39S one can see habitation levels spanning over 500 years from approximately 3300 BCE at the bottom to 2800 BCE at the top.
Excavations near center of Mound AB, Harappa
Excavations near the center of Mound AB.
An Earthenware Martban and Two Lotas
In the large earthen chati, more commonly called a globular pot today, were found what Sahni called lotas, used colloquially to designate drinking vessels, and are now referred to as pointed base goblets though these are not the exact ones found in
Tablet with man-in-tree and tiger
Molded terracotta tablet (H2001-5075/2922-01) with a narrative scene of a man in a tree with a tiger looking back over its shoulder.
Female figurine with a fan-shaped headdress from Harappa
At the peak of the Indus Civilization or the Harappan Period (Period 3), the most common dress for female figurines was the belt and/or short skirt usually situated at the same point on the hips as the figurine’s hands.
Ravi phase pit
Normally in archaeology pits are emptied before earlier surrounding layers are excavated.
Mound E Gateway Artists Conception
Photograph of gateway excavations, 1995.
A series of side rooms were also excavated along the eastem edge of the gateway in 1995. The latest phase of construction also included a large east-west oriented doorway leading through the eastem edge of the
Trenches Aa and Ac in Progress
"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.
Trench 39 North Excavations
Excavations on Mound AB in 1998 began with the clearance of surface debris to expose the many habitation levels, beginning with natural soil in the lower foreground.