Mound B Pot in Bricks
View of mound B showing the narrow space at the west end of the twin chatti the small earthen jar fixed among bricks.
View of a rectangular structure, with walls of bricks and an embedded earthen jar at the corner.
Ancient Indus civilization and earlier pottery.
Lid and Dish Cover
The lid on the left – "shaped like a vase" – shows how varied these objects interpreted as covers could be, including the complex "dish cover" on the right. Sahni concluded, of which these objects fall into the first category:
"The excavations were
Pottery
[Original 1931 text] "The ancient pottery of Mohenjo-daro frequently has sand or ime, or both, mixed with the clay, more often in the painted ware than in the plain ware.
Mound AB, Harappa
Mound AB is covered with bricks and pottery, most of it dating from 3000 to 2000 B.C.
Pot Discovery
"Ebrahim uncovered a large storage jar on his side of the balk, set at the same level as mine, in the angle of a landing at the top of a little staircase. And what ajar!
Painted Pottery
Mundigak III (3400-2900 BCE) and IV (2900-2400 BCE) pottery with geometric designs.
Aurore Didier asks in his article The use of colour in the Protohistoric pottery from Pakistani Balochistan and from Mundigak (Afghanistan): Cultural Identities and
Painted Bowl
Dated to Mundigak III (3400-2900 BCE).
In his article The use of colour in the Protohistoric pottery from Pakistani Balochistan and from Mundigak (Afghanistan): Cultural Identities and Technical Traditions, Aurore Didier writes: "The technological
Handmade vessel
Handmade vessel from layer 6 (Adam Buthi).
Pottery from layer 1
Pottery from layer 1 (Adam Buthi).
Unexcavated Debris, Harappa
More unexcavated pottery sherds and debris at Harappa.