Mound E/ET Gateway on Southern Wall
The structures located at the southeastern corner of Mound E consists of a complex of massive baked brick/mud brick walls and baked brick drain complex.
Ancient Indus Civilization gateway and gateway related objects.
Mound E Gateway Reconstruction
Using interpretations presented in Meadow and others (1995), a reconstruction of the bastion/gateway area was completed in EarthVision. The computer reconstructions were based on an artistic rendering completed by HARP archaeologists.
Corbeled drain and Mound ET gateway, Harappa
Corbeled drain at Mound ET gateway (3-D reconstruction and artist's conception).
Mound ET Gateway with corbeled drain, Harappa
Mound ET Southern Gateway excavated in 1995 with corbeled drain (3-D reconstruction and artist's conception).
Gateway (ACC Area) with Stupa in background
A massive block of brick architecture at the southeast corner of the "citadel" mound was thought to represent a gateway with large brick bastions. Later construction of a wall (in the center of the photo) blocked the entryway.
Mound E and ET, Harappa
An overview of Mound E and ET looking north. Inside the city to the right of the corbelled drain and gateway is an area of the city that has been identified as a crafts quarter.
Drain, Harappa
Excavated by the Harappa Archaeological Research Project in 1993, this large corbelled drain was built in the middle of an abandoned gateway at Harappa to dispose of rainwater and sewage.
