Camel Skeleton Mohenjo-daro [29]
Area not known
Overview of a camel skeleton (Camelus sp.) that was buried in a pit associated with buildings made from complete and broken Harappan.
Images of and objects from the ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh.
Mohenjo-daro Lower Town: Main Street HR/VS area and stupa view
Standing in HR area and looking northwest at the juncture of Last Street (east west) and First Street (north south). VS area is seen on the other side of the street and the stupa mound rises in the background.
Terminal Signs
These are the five most common terminal signs on the Indus Valley seals according to Iravatham Mahadevan's analysis (1982:316).
The first sign (from the left), the most common in the Indus script (10% of all known signs), is read by him as denoting a
Camel Skeleton Mohenjo-daro [34]
Area not known
Overview of a camel skeleton (Camelus sp.) that was buried in a pit associated with buildings made from complete and broken Harappan.
Eastern retaining wall of Great Platform, with drains near its foot
Photographed between 1922-27 and published in Sir John Marshall, Mohenjodaro and The Indus Civilization (1931).
View of First Street, between Sections A and B, looking south
[Original 1931 text] "The northern part of this street, 145 feet in length, had been dug by Mr.
Conservation of brick walls in DK - G Area, Lower Town
One relatively successful low cost techniques used to combat the destructive nature of salts in the fired bricks is to cover the walls with a thick layer of mud and straw plaster and to spray them with clay slurry.
Terminal Sign
Iravatham Mahadevan believes that the terminal sign used here is actually a combination of two signs. The bottom part (figure carrying) denotes a bearer of office.
Mohenjo-daro Museum [77]
Museum Campus
Traditional Sindhi oxcarts were used to transport crates of pottery and artifacts to Dokri Train station where they were loaded onto a train for transport to Karachi or Lahore.
No.77
Southern Buildings Section. Street between Blocks 1 and 2 in foreground, from north
[Original 1931 text] "Blocks 1 and 2. - The total extent of this complex of buildings has not been settled, especially to the north-east (Block 2), as much excavation remains to be done.