Dockyard at Lothal in summer
The dominant sight at Lothal is the massive dockyard which has helped make this place so important to international archaeology.
Excavated Ancient Indus Civilization platforms.
Mysterious circular platforms, Harappa
Between Mound AB and Mound F are a number of mysterious circular platforms, originally inside houses and small courtyards.
Workmen's platforms, Harappa
These platforms are often called workmen's platforms, and were first thought to have been used to thresh grain for what was also thought to have been the nearby "Great Granary."
The northwest corner of the "granary" platform
Excavations in 1997 at the northwest corner of the "granary" platform were undertaken to follow the outline of the structure and document its construction (Trench 1NW)).
Re-constructed Workman's platform, Harappa
Close shot of re-constructed platform. The white is salt creeping up from the ground, a problem in many areas of the site.
Northwestern portion of the "granary" platform
Section through the northwestern portion of the "granary" platform directly below the baked brick "granary" walls (Trench 1NW). Similarity of composition of the mud-bricks in the northwestern, southwestern, and southeastern parts of the "granary"
"Granary" or Mound F Rooms, Harappa
Individual rooms are 15 by 6 meters long, and have sleeper walls for airspace between them. At each end of the rooms are three raised platforms.
Clearing outside the southeast corner of the "granary"
Clearing outside the southeast corner of the "granary" revealed the underlying mud-brick platform and the top of the baked brick revetment.
Working Platforms, Harappa
To the south of the "granary" or "great hall" at Harappa is an area with numerous circular working platforms that were built inside small rooms or courtyards. These circular working platforms may have been used for husking grain.
Eastern retaining wall of Great Platform, with drains near its foot
Photographed between 1922-27 and published in Sir John Marshall, Mohenjodaro and The Indus Civilization (1931).