Building, Block 22
Mackay continues about the building in Block 22 (p. 153):
"There are, for instance, two footings, each about 6 ins. Wide, along the southern side of room 3, the lower one 8.3 ft. and the other 6.2 ft.
Images of and objects from the ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh.
Ancient Indus Valley City Well
Ancient Indus Valley City Well, 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.
An Unfinished Unfired Seal
One of the most intriguing of Indus inscriptions, displayed upside down in the glass case in the second image [above]. Was it going to be a seal or not? It looks like it. Dr.
The Great Bath, as seen from the south-west
[Original 1931 text] "The Great Bath, which I have reserved to the last, was part of what appears to have been a vast hydropathic establishment and the most imposing of all the remains unearthed at Mohenjo-daro." (Marshall, Vol. I, p. 24)
Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations [33]
ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast
Excavations of the gateway area viewed from the southeast, looking northwest. The brick walls and rooms are visible just below the surface of the mound.
No. 33
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