Indus House Sketch
This sketch was made by Mackay of House VIII, A section in the H.R. area of Mohenjo-daro.
Excavations at the HR (Hargreaves) area of Mohenjo-daro.
Mohenjo Daro Lower Town: HR Area
HR Area is located southeast of the citadel mound. Large areas of the mound have not yet been excavated and are covered with eroding brick structures and pottery.
Mohenjo-daro Lower Town: HR area and Stupa
This general view of houses in HR area shows the color of the brick walls prior to use of mud brick and clay slurry for conservation. The lower parts of the walls have the natural reddish color of fired brick.
Mohenjo-daro Lower Town: Main Street HR/VS area and stupa view
Standing in HR area and looking northwest at the juncture of Last Street (east west) and First Street (north south). VS area is seen on the other side of the street and the stupa mound rises in the background.
Lower Town: HR Area mud brick platforms
The foundations of many houses were constructed on top of massive mud brick platforms such as this one eroding from the edge of the mound along the major east-west street dividing HR and VS areas.
Nodule and Pottery Foundation fill, HR Area
Some of the later houses in HR area were constructed on top of massive deposits of garbage consisting of brick rubble, broken pottery and sometimes a thin layer of crushed, vitrified terracotta nodules.
Lower Street 3, HR Area
Looking south along Street 3, which runs parallel to First Street in HR area. Agricultural fields and scrub jungle south of the site are visible in the distance.
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.
View of well to the east of the Granary
Looking from the top of the granary towards the remains of two wells and the wall that were constructed in the area to the north of the structure. The drain from the great bath would have run along the modern pathway.
Western Staircase, House I, HR area
Many houses had stairs leading to upper courtyards of the building or to a second floor. This house in HR area had a double staircase that would allow people to enter and exit the upper courtyard in an orderly fashion.