Seal Signs
Although the Indus Valley script is still undeciphered, there is some agreement among a number of leading scholars that it represents some sort of proto-Dravidian language common in South India today.
Ancient Indus Valley civilization seals
Three Seals [Backs], Harappa
"The discovery at Harappa of the very remarkable seal illustrated in figure 1 of Cunningham's Plate XXXIII in this volume [see Image 2 above] and later of a few more now in the British Museum, suggested that at this site we have the remains of a city
Terminal Sign
Iravatham Mahadevan believes that the terminal sign used here is actually a combination of two signs. The bottom part (figure carrying) denotes a bearer of office.
A newly discovered button seal fragment, Harappa
A fragment of a button seal, newly discovered at the site in 1998.
Faience Tablet and Button Seals
"In order to trace some more walls of the two blocks of the Great Granary Mr. Sahni made a few stray extensions about the centre of Trench A both towards the east and west.
Three Inscribed Unicorn Seals
These three seals all have the same unicorn animal motif and a ritual container placed below the head of the animal. The script location and carving styles indicate that the seals belong to different time periods.
Three Inscribed Unicorn Seals
Seals are numbered left to right.
Seal 1: [no description found]
Seal 2: A263, Mound F, north-western end of Trench A
"Westward along the north-western end of Trench A Mr. Sahni made another extension. It is 90 ft.
Three Inscribed Seals
The central unicorn seal is the same as the one pictured earlier. The rectangular seal fragment on the left is a style of seal without any animal motif and starts to be found at Harappa starting around 2450-2200 BCE (Harappa Period 3B) and 2200-1900
Rectangular Seals
Photographed between 1922-27 and published in Sir John Marshall, Mohenjodaro and The Indus Civilization (1931).
Steatite and Faience Seals and Tablets
The seals are numbered 1-7 from top left to bottom right.
Seal 1: Mound A-B
Sahni writes:
"The seventh stratum will probably be found to be occupied by a building of considerable magnitude though so far only a portion of its floor has been exposed.