Mound AB

Harappa Mound AB Related Slides. Mound AB is apparently the oldest and was the first Mound at Harappa to be excavated.

Ravi Phase Floor

Excavations in Trench 39 South 1996 uncovered the floor of a house dating to the Ravi Phase (circa 3100 BCE). Many complete vessels were found sitting on the floor along with broken necklaces, bone and stone tools, spindle whorls and bangles made of

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Mysterious circular platforms, Harappa

Between Mound AB and Mound F are a number of mysterious circular platforms, originally inside houses and small courtyards.

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Mound AB, Harappa

The high mound at Harappa (Mound AB) is surrounded by a massive mud brick city wall with large square ramparts. One of these eroding ramparts is visible through the underbrush that now covers the site.

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Public well, Harappa

A large public well and public bathing platforms were found in the southern part of Mound AB at Harappa. These public bathing areas may also have been used for washing clothes as is common in many traditional cities in Pakistan and India today.

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Mound AB, Harappa

Mound AB is covered with bricks and pottery, most of it dating from 3000 to 2000 B.C.

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Mound AB General View from the North

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Next to the excavations on Trench A, Mound F, in 1921 Sahni also cut into Mound AB, under the remnants of a mosque that once stood on top of the mound and the tomb of a holy man which still stands and is visited today. "Of the mound marked A, B, C in

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Mound AB Northeast Before Excavation

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"The mounds at Harappa are a prominent landmark in the countryside visible long distances away. They were visited by Masson in 1826, by Burnes five years later, and by General Cunningham twice in 1853 and 1856. Burnes estimated the extent of the

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Mound AB edge, Harappa

This landscape on the eastern side of Mound AB was the focus of excavations during the 1990s.

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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.

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West of Naugaza Tomb after Excavations

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"My operations did, indeed, reveal portions of a large brick building, but unfortunately they were found to have been so badly hacked about by brick diggers that it is well nigh impossible to determine its real nature or date, Plate VIII, Photo.

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