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Excavation Pit I Drain

View of Pit I, Mound B, with the long, gabled roof drain. The area of Pit I is marked with a label in the photograph and two men positioned in two areas to show the salient features. One stands near the cell like structures, of bricks. Sahni: “Fo… >

Trench A Excavations Harappa from SW

"In January 1921, Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni sank in the north-western part of this mound the diagonal Trench A, 16 ft. wide and 500 ft. long from south-east to north-west, starting from the centre of the mound and reaching almost to its north-weste… >

Excavation Pit II from N.E.

View of Pit II, Mound AB, showing parts of a brick structure with a label, PII 99. About the excavations of Pit II in Mound AB, Sahni reported: “No structural remains were met with in this trench until the excavation reached the depth of 12’, whe… >

Harappa Pit

A view of a large trench with structures, of bricks. Sahni excavated four large pits in section B of Mound AB, which he described as: “Four large pits, each 50' square, were sunk simultaneously in a line in the southern portion of mound B, which… >

Earlier sculptures in trench A (e)

Of Trench A (e) Sahni noted: “In mound F which rises about 25’ above the plain level, a large area (Ae) has been dug along the western edge of the site. … The uppermost stratum yielded, besides a number of fragmentary walls, a well preserved sepulch… >

Harappa Excavations

View of a trench with structures, which comprise bricks. Sahni excavated four pits in section B of Mound AB. For description see ARASI 1924-25, pp. 79-80. Note: The exact location of the area photographed is unclear. >

Harappa Pit III after Excavations, from N.W.

Published in Vats 1940, Vol. II, Plate XXXIV (d). Title: ‘Pit III Fragmentary Remains, from North-West’. Of Pit III in Mound AB Sahni noted: “Four large pits, each 50' square, were sunk simultaneously in a line in the southern portion of mo… >

Pit where Lingam was Discovered

A view of Trench A (i), Mound F, which Sahni excavated to the east of Trench A (f). Deep vertical cuttings mark the sides of the trench, showing the excavation of this area. A labourer is sitting close to some of the finds of structures, of bricks. … >

Harappa Pit IV Excavated Structures

Pit IV showing excavated structures from N.W. Possibly of this structure after its excavation, Sahni reported that the “fourth or the northernmost pit revealed the remains of several structures, the best preserved one of which is a rectangular c… >

Pit where lingam was discovered

A view of excavations at Trench A (i), Mound F. Deep vertical cutting, mark the sides of the trench, and a labourer is shown, sitting close to the finds of structures, of bricks For a description of the excavations and the finds, including of, th… >

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