Male Terracotta Figurine
Few Indus figurines exude so much character making it seem like it was based on a real person.
Images of and objects from the ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh.
Excavation Site
It was one of 388 unicorn seals found during the excavations in Mohenjo-daro led by the British archaeologist Ernest Mackay between 1927 and 1931. Mackay dated the seal to the late Period IB, or approximately 2,000 B.C
The Buddhist Stupa at Mohenjo-daro
The Buddhist Stupa (circa 200 A.D.), Mohenjo-daro.
A Prehistoric Shrine at Mohenjo-daro
FLOORING AND CONDUIT OF GLAZED BRICK; A PREHISTORIC SHRINE AT MOHENJO-DARO
Pottery Cache (Group B) in a Post-towers Context (Context D) of the Citadel Fortifications [24]
ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast
Upper levels of fill with lots of broken pottery in a room made of fired brick walls.
North wall of House XXV
[Original 1931 text] "Houses XXV and XXVI are built on the foundations of a large structure of the Intermediate I Period, of which onoy the back or west wall has been exposed. House XXV faces towards the south and like No.
Mohenjo-daro "Citadel" mound and Stupa in the mist
Local villagers cross the site in a donkey cart in the early morning mist, with the Buddhist stupa perched on top of the "citadel" mound. The modern road winds through the low-lying area between the "citadel" and "lower town."
A 3 ft. Long Brick Grave
TO HOLD A HUNCHED BODY: A 3 FT. LONG BRICK GRAVE BUILT IN THE WALL OF A ROOM AT MOHENJO-DARO.
Mohenjodaro, D.K. Area, G Section
Mackay writes about the large building in Block 22 (p. 152):
"At the floor level of the Late II Phase this building measured 51 feet 3 inches, North-South, by 56 ft. long at the north and about 54 feet 9 ins. at the south.
View from Stupa towards Great Bath
View from Stupa towards Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro.