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Ancient Indus walls.

A massive baked brick revetment wall

A massive baked brick revetment wall [329] surrounds the solid mud-brick foundation platform [50] of the "granary" that measures approximately 51 meters north-south and 41 meters east-west. Based on analysis of the pottery and other finds from below… >

Harappa phase brick wall remains

The brick wall may have been the foundation for a wooden superstructure and the white tags show where wooden posts were fixed. The doorway and threshold are located on the right side of the photograph above the scale. >

Granary, SD and REM area

  • Mohenjo-daro Granary, SD and REM area

Built on top of a tapered brick platform, this building had a solid brick foundation that extended for 50 meters east west and 27 meters north south. The foundation was divided into 27 square and rectangular blocks by narrow passageways, two running… >

Harappa Parallel Walls Block

View of six parallel walls, of the “stouter kind”. Sahni: “The most important architectural discovery … of the year was made about the centre of this mound which, though only partially, exposed, already embraces an area of 106' from east to west … >

Excavations at the southeast corner of the "granary" structure

Overview looking north of excavations at the southeast corner of the "granary" structure undertaken in 1999 (Trench 1C). The higher east-west running walls in the left of the image and the ruined structures in the right of the image all post-date t… >

Harappa phase wall after reconstruction

The reconstructed brick wall is covered each year with a protective coating of clay and straw plaster. The original structure and unexcavated levels remain safely buried beneath a layer of bricks and back dirt. >

Eroded face of Granary

  • Mohenjo-daro, Eroded face of Granary

The eroding wells and a wall built up against the granary show that much of the area to the north of the granary was filled with debris and later buildings. >

Parallel Walls

Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXIV (c). Title: ‘Harappa: Mound F, A Large Brick Building Consisting of Two Series of Parallel Walls with an Open Corridor Between Them’ Sahni (note him on extreme right) referred to this photog… >

the original forms of the baked brick walls and hollow buttresses of the "granary"

After clearing the overlying silt, the original forms of the baked brick walls and hollow buttresses of the "granary" could be made out. The three high walls in the upper left of the image are part of a later rebuilding of the entire structure after… >

Mound E excavation

Workmen are cleaning the Trench 11 area in preparation for photography during the 1997 excavation season. Perimeter wall [250] is on the left. The curtain wall in the center was constructed to retain trash that was thrown over the perimeter wall int… >

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