Houses

The northern end of Mound AB, shown here from the North, comprises more than 17 meters of occupational debris beginning on top of an old levee of the river Ravi and continuing up from the Ravi [Aspect of the Hakra] phase (Period 1 from before 3300 t… >

Oxcarts could not reach many of the urban neighborhoods. Pack animals and pedestrians could have used this narrow lane. >

[Original 1931 text] "Houses XXV and XXVI are built on the foundations of a large structure of the Intermediate I Period, of which onoy the back or west wall has been exposed. House XXV faces towards the south and like No. XXIV has a wide open court… >

View of Harappa Mound AB Trench 39N from the North showing the earliest Ravi [Aspect of the Hakra] phase occupation levels (Period IA, ca. 3300 BC). These levels revealed traces of post molds from houses that were oriented N-S/E-W. >

Some houses had small staircases leading to a second story or to a platform for pouring water into a bathing area. >

Ravi phase houses seem to have been constructed with wooden supports and walls made of plastered reeds. A lump of plaster with reed impressions is seen in this image. >

The doors of later buildings can be seen in the upper levels of the wall to the left. The gradual tapering of the walls in the far right was an intentional architectural feature to avoid collapse of the upper floors. >

A view of the houses and streets in VS area, with the citadel and stupa mound in the background. The tops of eroding buildings have been capped with a protective layer of mud brick that will help to soak up the efflorescent salts and protect the und… >

These rooms of a house are located at the edge of the area excavated by Dr. G. F. Dales in 1964 (UM Area). The room has a nodule floor fill and clearly defined fired brick walls. These vitrified nodules were intentionally created as a form of artifi… >

This general view of houses in VS area shows the color of the brick walls after the use of mud brick and clay slurry for conservation. The lower parts of the walls have the natural reddish color of fired brick and the upper portion is oliveÐgrey mud… >