Published in ARASI 1924-25, Plate XXV (b). Title: ‘Harappa: Mound B, A large brick building’.
“Stratum No. 5 was occupied by a brick building of considerable dimension (Plate XXV a [this should be b]) which came to light 24’ below the highest point of the mound. Unfortunately it had been much damaged by the tunnels dug by the modern brick hunters with the result that only two large rooms to the west and fragments of several others on the east has survived. There would appear to have been an open courtyard between the two portions of the building with another open court at the back on the west side. One of the two rooms in the western portion measures 14’ x 12’ internally, while the other which is separated from it by a passage or gallery is incomplete. The former was provided with an entrance, 3’10” wide on the east side, with a small rectangular drain and a masonry bench along one of the walls. Several strata of buildings came to light below this level, but they are too fragmentary to yield any plan of construction.”
- Daya Ram Sahni, ARASI 1924-25, p. 79
Published in Vats 1940, Vol. II, Plate XXX (a): ‘General View Showing Multiple Strata, from South-West’
“The Vth stratum is distinguished by the massiveness of its brick structures. Along the eastern edge of the original Trench B (which was 160 ft. long from north to south and 20 to 45 ft. wide) it is clear that the buildings of the Vth stratum had been repaired and re-utilised in later times, so that there is absolutely no interval between the Vth and IVth strata (Pl. XXX, a, right hand background). A number of tunnels sunk by brick-diggers were met with at this level, particularly towards the north, with the result that what now survives is a more or less confused mass of remains in which the lay-out of the walls is far from clear. Nevertheless, the Rai Bahadur notices two brick structures in the Vth stratum. ‘One of these’, he says ‘is a square room with thick walls … chambers at a later date.’ [foot note: ‘this room is not clear now’] The other structure in squares P 18/20, 25, etc., is a jumble of brick remains in which there is a thick wall some 30 ft. long from east to west to the north face of which was found sticking a small unicorn seal (5/8 in. sq., No. B230) with three pictograms (Pl. LXXXIX, 135).”
- Vats, M.S. 1940, Vol. I, p. 143.
The person with the walking stick in the photo is Daya Ram Sahni.