Mound E

View of excavations on the west side of Trench 54 where brick robbers had removed several massive Harappan Period baked brick walls (c. 2600-1900 BC, Harappa Period 3). At the bottom of the brick robber trench are remains of the Harappan walls and a… >

Unexcavated Area of Mound E. [Topographical and excavation maps of the Harappa site.] >

A large number of seals and inscribed objects were discovered in excavations on the eastern edge of Mound E from 1993 to 1997. This view of excavations in Trench 10W shows two rooms of houses along the edge of a north-south street. A square steatite… >

Section plan of Harappan and Early Harappan (Period 2) walls on the west side of Trench 54. >

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. These reconstr… >

Excavations in 1998 expanded the area of Trench 11 which lies to the west of Trench 10 on Mound E in order to recover seals and inscribed objects inside actual houses. Richard Meadow (HARP Project Director) discusses some finds with Afzal Khan (Depa… >

North-South section plan of Harappan (Period 3) and Early Harappan (Period 2) wall remnants and mud brick platforms on the west side of Trench 54. >

The overall gateway structure, including the street and side drains is bonded at either edge (east and west) by massive mud brick bastions, representing the Mound E and Mound ET perimeter walls. The area between these two mud brick perimeter walls w… >

Clearing the ancient Harappan debris from the eroded surface outside of the mud brick city wall at the eastern edge of Mound E. In 1997 this area of Trench 11 was cleared to define the stratigraphic sequence between Period 3B and 3C. It was possible… >

Top plan view of Harappan (Period 3) and Early Harappan (Period 2) walls on the west side of Trench 54. >