K.N. Dikshit Sitting Beneath Trees
Black and White Ancient Indus Civilization Images
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.
Mohenjo-daro Granary "Loading Dock" [177]
REM Granary
Wheeler had workmen lifting bags of grain with ropes to illustrate his interpretation of the loading dock at the north edge of the so-called "granary". The square voids in the wall face would have been where wooden beams were inserted to
Harappa Mound AB Under Excavation
"The excavation of the mounds F and A and B was commenced in the beginning, of January 1921, and continued up to the middle of February. The operations were carried on under my personal supervision . . ." wrote Sahni (p.
Rectangular Seals
Photographed between 1922-27 and published in Sir John Marshall, Mohenjodaro and The Indus Civilization (1931).
Indus Dice
Dr. Kenoyer writes (Ancient Cities, p. 120):
"Many carved objects from the Indus cities are made of valuable materials such as shell or ivory, and may have been used in ritual games or the pastimes of wealthy city dwell- ers.
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
West of Naugaza Tomb after Excavations
"My operations did, indeed, reveal portions of a large brick building, but unfortunately they were found to have been so badly hacked about by brick diggers that it is well nigh impossible to determine its real nature or date, Plate VIII, Photo.
Mohenjo-daro, "Granary" [177B]
REM Granary
Wheeler had workmen lifting bags of grain with ropes to illustrate his interpretation of the loading dock at the north edge of the so-called "granary". The square voids in the wall face would have been where wooden beams were inserted to