B & W

Black and White Ancient Indus Civilization Images

The Mundigak Palace Facade and "Hut" Motif from Jiroft

"Two massive mud brick stepped buildings of the mid 3rd millennium BC were actually excavated, one at Tureng Tepe in the Gorgan plain (north-eastern Iran, Deshayes 1997) and a better preserved one at Mundigak in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan

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Statuette of grey stone from Harappa

[Original 1931 text] "It is the figure of a dancer standing on his right leg, with the body from the waist upwards bent well round to the left, both arms thrown out in the same direction, and the left leg raised high in front.

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Harappa Excavations, Terracotta Figurines

2807

Daya Ram Sahni quickly recognized the preponderance of female figurines; after describing the two male figurines found, he writes: "All the other human figures are female figures (Plate X, Photo. No, 2807-b) which appear to be crude caricatural

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Bricks Visible, Mohenjo-daro [39]

Area not known Closeup view of brick alignment visible just under the surface of the mound. The area of excavation is not known. No. 39 (36? 1027)

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Potsdam, Germany 1934

K.N. Dikshit in Postdam, Germany in 1934.

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Neck of Large Jar

Neck of clay jar with painted patterns, Image one

3392, 3407

There are two photographs of the painted neck of an oval jar (A442) discovered in Mound F. They are taken from slightly different angles to capture details of the rim, curvature and the painted motifs.

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Short-horned Bull or Bison Seal

The strict geometry and subtle deviations on this seal speak to how nuanced ancient Indus languages might have been (another view of this bison seal). The second image shows some of the sealings Marshall is referring to. Sir John Marshall makes a big

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Statuette of grey stone from Harappa 2

[Original 1931 text] "And now we come to two small statuettes which are more surprising even than the masterly engraving of the bull . . . .. When I first saw them I found it difficult to believe that they were prehistoric; they seemed to so

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Top of a Colossal Clay Jar

3402

Whether or not this was one of the first objects discovered in Trench A, given the catalogue number 2, is unclear, but it was unusual to Daya Ram Sahni who said he had not seen something of the sort before, with an opening over a foot across.