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Excavations on Site B from S.W.

Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXV (b). Title: ‘Harappa: Mound B, A large brick building’. “Stratum No. 5 was occupied by a brick building of considerable dimension (Plate XXV a [this should be b]) which came to light 24’ below the hi… >

Pit II Harappa

View of the ‘house’ and the ‘brick built grave’ at Pit II, in southern portion of Section of B, Mound AB. Pit II provided rich finds, and Sahni noted: “Pit II revealed at the depth of 3 ½’ a copper pot (P. II 13, Plate XXVIl) which was tightly… >

Trench B Central Paving

"In the northern portion of this mound, Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni excavated a considerable area (B) in the years 1920-21, 1923-24 and 1924-25. He began by sinking a trial trench 55 ft. long by 20 ft. wide, a little to the west of and parallel to th… >

Pit I Harappa

View of Pit I, in southern portion of Section of B, Mound AB, showing remains of brick lined structures and a few large earthen jars insitu. Sahni reported: “Four large pits, each 50' square, were sunk simultaneously in a line in the sou… >

Trench A Excavations from Southwest

"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… >

Another Excavation Pit

View of the area, of the pits in AB, before deep digging. Traces of structures of bricks and possibly of the gabled drain. >

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… >

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