Black and White Ancient Indus Civilization Images

Male god, the prototype of the historic Siva

[Original 1931 text] "There appears at Mohenjo-daro a male god, who is recognizable at once as a prototype of the historic Siva. He is strikingly portrayed on the roughly carved seal [above], which has recently been brought to light by Mr. Mackay." … >

Indus House Sketch

This sketch was made by Mackay of House VIII, A section in the H.R. area of Mohenjo-daro. >

Mohenjo-daro Granary Room [95]

REM Granary Overview of a small room and passage way with sockets for holding vertical wooden beams. The beams were wedged in with smaller brick fragments to holt them tightly in the sockets. No. 95 also 1105 pencilled in >

Pottery Sherds, Mohenjo-daro [145]

Area not known Pottery sherds illustrating different types of surface decoration. One sherd of a distinctive Indus bowl has a molded Indus script on the exterior of the base. Two dish on stand plates are decorated with impressed designs using mar… >

Indus Household objects. Flint Implements, Weights

[Original 1931 text] "The flint implements found at Mohenjo-daro are of the simplest description, most of them being long flakes that were probably used for cutting up meat and for other household purposes. Both the flakes and cores from which they … >

Southern Buildings in course of excavation, from south-west

[Original 1931 text] "A considerable number of buildings separated from each other by streets and lanes have been excavated in the southern portion of the stupa mound . . .. The terrain here descends more or less abruptly to the south, where a narro… >

Mundigak Palace II

"We must therefore consider the ‘ramparts’ as monumental structures in much the same way as the ‘palace’ and ‘temple’ are, part of an overall monumentalisation of Mundigak that marks Period IV. The command of resources to build these structures, plu… >