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Trench B East-West Wall

The excavations on mound A-B revealed several strata of inhabitation with walls, platforms and drains indicated. Several objects were unearthed in these strata. These two photographs show the same view, with first a wider angle of the site, and then… >

Harappa Pit II Excavations

View of the area of Pit II, Section B, Mound AB, before deep digging. Traces of structures underneath, with the label Pit II 98 written on a potsherd. >

Trenches Aa and Ac in Progress

  • Excavation in Mound F Trenches A(a) and A(c)

"In order to trace some more walls of the two blocks of the Great Granary Mr. Sahni made a few stray extensions about the centre of Trench A both towards the east and west. In the former direction, that part which lies to the north of corridor was … >

Trench B Northern Structures

From Mound A-B, strata VI and VII. Image Plate XXc is published in the 1923-24 report. - Daya Ram Sahni, 1926. Annual Report Of The Archaeological Survey Of India 1923-24, pg 54. Image: Plate XX c. These brick founda… >

Trench B Excavations Showing Overlapping Walls

The section above the wall shows the remains of a deep pit left by the brick robbers. Often when the digging got too deep, they just abandoned the removal of bricks and left the lowest levels of the wall intact. The workman is standing next to a cro… >

Excavations in Trench A from South

"Four other trial trenches were dug in site F in places which appeared most favourable for examination. One of them to the west of the main trench disclosed at the depth of about 8 feet a well-reserved water reservoir lined with brick and provided w… >

Harappa Trench B from East

Trench B is the name given to a series of trenches dug in mound A-B over successive seasons by Dara Ram Sahni between 1921 and 1925. (See below for details in Vats' account) "The operations were then shifted to the mound marked A—B in General Cun… >

Harappa Trench B 1923-24

  • Trench B from South with Naugaza tomb

"Due south of Mound F, and across the village road going west to the hamlet of Hafiz Bullah, stands Mound AB—the highest of all the mounds at Harappa (Pl. I). Roughly, it is a parallelogram in shape, measuring some 1,450 ft. from north to south by 8… >

Harappa Excavations in Trench A (b)

  • Excavation in Mound F Trench A(b)

Trench A(b) is one of eastward trenches cut by Daya Ram Sahni in Mound F. "In order to trace some more walls of the two blocks of of the Great Granary Mr. Sahni made a few stray extensions about the centre of Trench A both towards the east and we… >

Trench B, Excavation Overview

  • Mound A-B, trench B

Mound A-B Trench B: General View from East-South East. This image was published in Vats' monograph as Pl XXX, d. "In the high western part [of mound A-B] (PI. XXX, d, left back-ground) in square P 18/4, Stratum I. Rai… >

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