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Stupa Mound

The Stupa Mound area at Mohenjo-daro.

Mohenjo-daro "Citadel" mound and Stupa in the mist

  • Mohenjo-daro Citadel mound and Stupa in the mist

Local villagers cross the site in a donkey cart in the early morning mist, with the Buddhist stupa perched on top of the "citadel" mound. The modern road winds through the low-lying area between the "citadel" and "lower town." >

Mohenjo-daro "Citadel" Mound and Stupa

  • Mohenjo-daro "Citadel" Mound and Stupa

The eroded edges of the "citadel" mounds are covered with red brick dust and pottery, with traces of lighter mud brick revealing the underlying platforms that form the foundations of the uppermost buildings. This mound is encircled by a massive mud-… >

Mohenjo-daro Stupa and Citadel Mound [47]

  • Mohenjo-daro Stupa and Citadel Mound

DKG Area Looking towards the stupa and citadel mound from a large complex of buildings in the DKG area. No. 47 >

Western Edge of Citadel, Mohenjo-daro [122 A]

  • Western Edge of Citadel, Mohenjo-daro

REM Granary Western edge of the Citadel mound to the south of the granary with multiple rooms of houses located along east-west street. The stupa is seen in the background. No. 122A >

Stupa and Indus Period Structures, Mohenjo-daro [70]

  • Stupa and Indus Period Structures, Mohenjo-daro

SD area - Southeast Stupa and Indus period structures (looking north) from walkway between SD and L Areas. The structural remains on the right belong to the Indus period and are built on a sloping area between SD and L areas. The later Buddhist … >

Deep cutting near north-west corner of monastery, showing pavement of seventh stratum

[Original 1931 text] "To have cleared these remains completely or even to the extent of recovering the main lines of their plans would have meant dismantling the Buddhist buildings above them, and, as ther were obvious objections to removing such in… >

Northern end of cutting on east side of Stupa, showing the Indus structures from north

[Original 1931 text] "Of the drains which served this building and which belonged to the later reconstruction, one (EE) is carried east and west along the inner side of its northern wall through Chambers 10 and 11 and so beneath the monastery shrine… >

Street between Blocks 1 and 2 in SD Area, looking north

Photographed between 1922-27 and published in Sir John Marshall, Mohenjodaro and The Indus Civilization (1931). >

Eastern side of courtyard showing remains of Kushan pavement before exploration of Indus remains beneath

Photographed between 1922-27 and published in Sir John Marshall, Mohenjodaro and The Indus Civilization (1931). >

Excavation on eastern side of Stupa, showing construction of the Indus period, from the south-west

Photographed between 1922-27 and published in Sir John Marshall, Mohenjodaro and The Indus Civilization (1931). >

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