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.
Harappa, Punjab ancient Indus civilization excavations, figurines, seals and other objects.
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
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.
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.
Excavations at Harappa
ON THE OTHER NEWLY DISCOVERED PREHISTORIC SITE IN INDIA, CCCUPIED FOR MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE THE THIRD CENTURY B.C: EXCAVATIONS AT HARAPPA, IN THE PANJAB
Baked brick revetment of the "granary" platform
J. Mark Kenoyer sitting in the right foreground takes notes during excavations at the southwest corner of the "granary" (Trench 1SW). The baked brick revetment of the "granary" platform is in the foreground, the southernmost baked brick wall of the
An Ivory Chess Disc and Two Chess Figures
"Objects used for games are not many. Those that may be said to be unmistakable are balls and marbles in stone, shell, faience and pottery; dice of the same materials except shell; and some gamesmen of tetrahedral or chessman shape, the latter hardly distinguishable from baetyls."
Mound AB Center Area
A closer view of a room or the side of a building on Mound AB, Harappa.