Mound AB Center Area
A closer view of a room or the side of a building on Mound AB, Harappa.
Harappa Mound AB Related Slides. Mound AB is apparently the oldest and was the first Mound at Harappa to be excavated.
Harappa Mound AB From Crop Fields
Mound AB, whose origins actually go back five and a half thousands years to 3500 BCE, seen from the rich crop fields that surround many ancient Indus cities including Mohenjo-daro and Dholavira.
Harappa Mound AB
Building remnants on Mound AB, Harappa in the morning.
Mound AB, Harappa
Mound AB is covered with bricks and pottery, most of it dating from 3000 to 2000 B.C.
Large houses, Mound AB, Harappa
This area in Mound AB, excavated in the 1920's revealed large houses thought to have belonged to upper class members of ancient Indus society.
Mound AB edge, Harappa
This landscape on the eastern side of Mound AB was the focus of excavations during the 1990s.
Mysterious circular platforms, Harappa
Between Mound AB and Mound F are a number of mysterious circular platforms, originally inside houses and small courtyards.
Excavations near center of Mound AB, Harappa
Excavations near the center of Mound AB.
The Central Area of Mound A/AB, Harappa
The central area of Mound A/AB was continuosly rebuilt in ancient times. Behind the curved wall is a well and below it what may have been a public bathing area.
Harappa phase wall after reconstruction
The reconstructed brick wall is covered each year with a protective coating of clay and straw plaster. The original structure and unexcavated levels remain safely buried beneath a layer of bricks and back dirt.
