Massive Brick Walls at Mohenjo-daro
SHOWING A POT (IN FOREGROUND) THAT CONTAINED EARLY INDIAN OBLONG “PUNCH-MARKED" COINS (KARSHAPANAS): MASSIVE BRICK WALLS OF THE SECOND AND THIRD PERIOD AT MOHENJO-DARO
Images of and objects from the ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh.
Sunrise over Mohenjo-daro
The winter sun rises over the site while the mist clings to the mounds.
Mundigak Head and the "Priest King"
What are the similarities between these this white limestone head found at Mundigak in southern Afghanistan and the so-called "Priest King" from Mohenjo-daro?
Massimo Vidale offers a fascinating conjectural yet evidence-based discussion in his
Indus Interior
Mackay speculates on the owner of this building in Block 22, which may have looked something like this sketch by him of another Indus home (p. 154):
I am inclined to think that this building was the house of some rich personage, for it is very
Ancient Indus Street
Ancient Indus Street, Mohenjo-daro.
Indus House Sketch
This sketch was made by Mackay of House VIII, A section in the H.R. area of Mohenjo-daro.
Indus Valley Street with Covered Drain
Indus Valley Street with covered drain on the right, Mohenjo-daro, Sindh.
Male Figurine or Diety
"Male figurine or deity with goatlike beard wears a horned headdress that is broken. Almond-shaped eyes and serene mouth are distinctive of the molded masks of a similar horned, bearded deity (cat. no. 122)," writes Dr. Kenoyer (Ancient Cities, p.
Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway [110]
ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast
Room associated with the massive fired brick walls at the southeastern corner of the Citadel Mound. Wheeler identified this structure as a fortification wall and postern gate.
No. 110 also 1114 pencilled in back
Panoramic view of north-west part of VS Area, from west
Photographed between 1922-27 and published in Sir John Marshall, Mohenjodaro and The Indus Civilization (1931).