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Ancient Indus Valley civilization carts and cart related objects

Toy carts, Nausharo

Terra cotta toy carts from the Harappan period site of Nausharo in Baluchistan. Holes along the length of the cart serve to hold wooden side bars and at the center of the cart two of the wooden side bars can be extended below the frame to hold the a… >

Mohenjo-daro "Citadel" mound and Stupa in the mist

  • 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." >

Ox- or water buffalo-drawn cart with driver from Harappa

Terracotta figurines have long been considered toys, often without question. Other objects such as carts, wheels, and charpoi (cots) made of terracotta at a similar scale may reinforce this interpretation for at least some of the terracotta figurine… >

Toycart-frame

Toycart-frame, section A, layers 3 & 4 (Bakkar Buthi). >

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