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Stupa Mound

The Stupa Mound area at Mohenjo-daro.

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

  • Deep cutting near north-west corner of monastery

[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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Eastern side of courtyard showing remains of Kushan pavement

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

  • Excavation on eastern side of Stupa

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

Mohenjo-daro: Citadel from the South east, with Buddhist stupa

  • Mohenjo-daro: Citadel from the South east, with Buddhist stupa

Mohenjo-daro: citadel from the south east, with Buddhist stupa (p. 38). A close modern photograph of the Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro. >

The Buddhist Stupa at Mohenjo-daro

  • Buddhist Stupa at Mohenjo-daro

BUILT MORE THAN 2000 YEARS AGO, BUT COVERING TWO STRATA OF EARLIER CENTURY BUDDHIST STUPA AT MOHENJO-DARO, ON AN ISLAND IN THE DRY RIVER-BED. >

A Staircase outside a Shrine

  • Staircase outside a Shrine

UNEARTHED DEEP DOWN BELOW THE BUDDHIST MONUMENTS OF THE SECOND CENTURY AT MOHENJO-DARO: MUCH EARLIER REMAINS–A STAIRCASE OUTSIDE A SHRINE, WITH A CONDUIT COVERED BY MARBLE SLABS (IN THE FOREGROUND). Photography by the Archaeological Survey of In… >

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