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Ancient Indus walls.

Section view of walls and platforms

North-South section plan of Harappan (Period 3) and Early Harappan (Period 2) wall remnants and mud brick platforms on the west side of Trench 54. >

The interior part of the city wall

The interior of the city wall shows mud bricks made from different colors of clay used during different phases of construction. >

Structures inside perimeter wall

Excavations during the 1997-2001 seasons were carried out inside perimeter wall [250]. Here a partial plan of those excavations shows superimposed levels of Period 3C buildings, all mostly robbed of their baked brick walls. [Mud-bricks are hatched, … >

Eastern Dholavira Wall

Eastern Wall – Remnant of the eastern wall after the fortification of the city. There are gates on the wall running along its periphery. >

Excavations overview

Overview of the excavations showing the Harappan (Period 3) and Early Harappan (Period 2) walls on the west side of Trench 54. North is to the right. >

Superimposed street levels inside the city wall

Superimposed street levels inside the city wall indicate that this area was kept clear until the last phase of the Period 3C occupation when structures were built encroaching onto the street (Trench 41NE) >

Retaining walls inside perimeter wall

Towards the east, in what was probably a low area, a series of radiating mud-brick retaining walls were built to contain rubble that was used as a foundation for later structures, only fragments of which are preserved. In the rubble were found a gre… >

Parallel walls in Trench A (b) from S.E.

  • Excavation in Mound F Trench A(b)

In the 1923-24 season, Trench A(b) was one of the extensions dug by Daya Ram Sahni from the centre of Trench A in Mound F. Sahni describes the parallel walls in his report of the season's excavations. Artifacts found in A(b) are listed by Vats in hi… >

Harappan and early Harappan walls

Top plan view of Harappan (Period 3) and Early Harappan (Period 2) walls on the west side of Trench 54. >

Overview of the upper levels of the excavations

Overview of the upper levels of the Trench 43 excavations in 1999 shows the eroded city wall in the background and the fallen baked brick walls of late Period 3C structures in the foreground. >

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