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Black and White Ancient Indus Civilization Images

SD Area Southeast, Mohenjo-daro [113]

  • SD Area Southeast, Mohenjo-daro

SD area - Southeast Excavation of area to the east of a modern pathway through the site. Possibly the area between SD and L areas on the Citadel mound. Brick on edge features are usually associated with bathing platforms, but these linear structu… >

Fired Brick on Mound, Mohenjo-daro [38]

  • Fired Brick on Mound, Mohenjo-daro

Area not known This photo shows the excavation of an area with around 17 courses of fallen fired brick eroding off the edge of the mound. No. 38 >

The So-called Unicorn

[Original text] "The animal most often represented on the seals is the apparently single-horned beast . . .. There is a possibility, I think, that the artist intended to represent one horn behind the other. In other animals, however, the two horns a… >

Elephant (Elephas maximus). Mythological Creatures and Plant-Forms Seals

[Original 1931 text] This animal is on fifteen of the seals, Nos. 362-76. In fact, it may be said to rank next in order of popularity to the bull. On most of the seals it is carefully portrayed, in some cases even to the wrinkles along its back. . … >

K.N. Dikshit Sitting Beneath Trees (CLOSE)

  • K.N. Dikshit Sitting Beneath Trees

Dholavira Symbols

A 10 lettered signboard found in the western chamber of North Gate of Castle, (c. 2500-1900 BC). There are ten symbols in the panel. One symbol has been repeated four times. These symbols are indicative of use in Stage IV of Harappan Culture. These … >

Terracotta Bangles found in Large Chatis

Among the objects found in the large earthen chati [A 233] and a second example which would have been most familiar to Daya Ram Sahni were "earthenware bangles of various sizes were found in large abundance. A few complete specimens were fo… >

Three Inscribed Unicorn Seals

These three seals all have the same unicorn animal motif and a ritual container placed below the head of the animal. The script location and carving styles indicate that the seals belong to different time periods. The right hand seal probably dates … >

Sculpture in thickness of wall

Sculpture in thickness of wall in the N.E. corner of pit II from S.E. The photograph is of brick structure, with a label PII 99. No sculpture is visible. PII is Pit II, AB Mound, and Sahni stated that: “No structural remains were met with in t… >

Earthen Jar No. 95

Earthen Jar no. 95 found in Pit IV. Broken jar. Sahni, however, noted “large sized funerary urns” from Pit II, but only a cell and a covered brick drain and “no other objects of any kind” from Pit IV. - Daya Ram Sahni ARASI 1924-25 >

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