Wheeler's Mohenjo-daro 1950

A hitherto unknown box of 63 images in Sir Mortimer Wheeler's personal collection from excavations he led at Mohenjo-daro in 1950. With new captions by Jonathan Mark Kenoyer. Restored with diagrams, maps, the original caption sheets found with the images and ancillary material from Wheeler's published works.

Table of Contents
ACC Citadel Gateway Southeast
Aerial View
DK G
Museum Campus
REM Granary
Stupa Area
Areas not known
Numbered List found with photographs
Additional Images from Wheeler's The Indus Civilization (1963).

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1. Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast Corner
Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast 2. Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast [25]
3. Wheeler Photo Directions, Mohenjo-daro 1950
Pottery Cache (Group B) in a Post-towers Context (Context D) of the Citadel Fortifications 4. Pottery Cache (Group B) in a Post-towers Context (Context D) of the Citadel Fortifications [24]
Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast 5. Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Southeast [117] (26Q?)
Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations 6. Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations [33]
Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway 7. Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway [110]
Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations 8. Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations [112]
Group of towers at the south-eastern corner of the Citadel, Mohenjo-daro 9. Group of towers at the south-eastern corner of the Citadel, Mohenjo-daro [117]
Fired Brick Platform, Mohenjo-daro 10. Fired Brick Platform, Mohenjo-daro [16]
Aerial View of Mohenjo-daro 11. Aerial View of Mohenjo-daro [107A]
Wheeler's Map of Mohenjo-daro, 1968 12. Wheeler's Map of Mohenjo-daro, 1968
Wall Construction, Mohenjo-daro 13. Wall Construction, Mohenjo-daro [100]
Bricks Visible, Mohenjo-daro 14. Bricks Visible, Mohenjo-daro [39]
First Street, Lower Levels Mohenjo-daro 15. First Street, Lower Levels Mohenjo-daro [57]
Camel Skeleton Mohenjo-daro 16. Camel Skeleton Mohenjo-daro [29]
Camel Skeleton Mohenjo-daro 17. Camel Skeleton Mohenjo-daro [34]
Mohenjo-daro Museum 18. Mohenjo-daro Museum [77]
Western Edge, Mohenjo-daro Granary 19. Western Edge, Mohenjo-daro Granary [60 / 48?]
20. Plan of the Granary, Mohenjo-daro
Mohenjo-daro Granary Platform 21. Mohenjo-daro Granary Platform [88D]
Mohenjo-daro Granary Excavations 22. Mohenjo-daro Granary Excavations [91]
Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [6] 23. Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [6]
Mohenjo-daro Granary "Loading Dock" 24. Mohenjo-daro Granary "Loading Dock" [177]
Mohenjo-daro, "Granary," 1950 25. Mohenjo-daro, "Granary" [177B]
Mohenjo-daro Granary and Great Bath Drain 26. Mohenjo-daro Granary and Great Bath Drain [154]
Mohenjo-daro Granary Wheeler Excavations 27. Mohenjo-daro Granary Wheeler Excavations [163 A]
Western Edge of Citadel, Mohenjo-daro 28. Western Edge of Citadel, Mohenjo-daro [122 A]
29. Wheeler's Section Granary Mohenjo-daro 1950
Northwest Corner, Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro 30. Northwest Corner, Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [138]
Northwest Corner, Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro 31. Northwest Corner, Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [134]
Mohenjo-daro REM Granary Excavations 32. Mohenjo-daro REM Granary Excavations [1175]
Stairway, Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro 33. Stairway, Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [139]
Mohenjo-daro REM Granary Excavations [1176] 34. Mohenjo-daro REM Granary Excavations [1176]*
Mohenjo-daro Granary Walls and Voids 35. Mohenjo-daro Granary Walls and Voids [55]
Massive Brick Structures, Mohenjo-daro 36. Massive Brick Structures, Mohenjo-daro [49]
Western edge of REM Granary excavations, Mohenjo-daro 37. Western edge of REM Granary excavations, Mohenjo-daro [46 A]
Granary Edge and Great Bath Drain, Mohenjo-daro 38. Granary Edge and Great Bath Drain, Mohenjo-daro [153]
Northwest Corner, Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro 39. Northwest Corner, Granary Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [13B] (138?)
Mohenjo-daro Granary Room 40. Mohenjo-daro Granary Room [95]
Deep Sounding, Mohenjo-daro 41. Deep Sounding, Mohenjo-daro [41]
Stupa and Indus Period Structures, Mohenjo-daro 42. Stupa and Indus Period Structures, Mohenjo-daro [70]
SD Area Southeast, Mohenjo-daro 43. SD Area Southeast, Mohenjo-daro [113]
Mohenjo-daro 1950 Excavation Team with Sir Mortimer Wheeler 44. Mohenjo-daro 1950 Excavation Team with Sir Mortimer Wheeler [93B]
View from Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro 45. View from Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro [69]
Mohenjo-daro Stupa and Citadel Mound 46. Mohenjo-daro Stupa and Citadel Mound [47]
Looking towards Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro 47. Looking towards Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro [67]
SD Area and Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro 48. SD Area and Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro [32]
Mohenjo-daro Collapsed Brick Wall 49. Mohenjo-daro Collapsed Brick Wall [99]
Mohenjo-daro Brickwork 50. Mohenjo-daro Brickwork [109]
Narrow Mohenjo-daro Street 51. Narrow Mohenjo-daro Street [141]
Mohenjo-daro Ringstones and Smaller Stone Objects 52. Mohenjo-daro Ringstones and Smaller Stone Objects [119]
Perforated Stone Objects, Mohenjo-daro 53. Perforated Stone Objects, Mohenjo-daro [160A]
Stone Objects, Mohenjo-daro 54. Stone Objects, Mohenjo-daro [160B]
Stone and Terracotta Beads, Mohenjo-daro 55. Stone and Terracotta Beads, Mohenjo-daro [1212]
Painted Vessel Fragment, Mohenjo-daro 56. Painted Vessel Fragment, Mohenjo-daro [101]
Pottery, Mohenjo-daro 57. Pottery, Mohenjo-daro [168]
Painted Pottery, Mohenjo-daro 58. Painted Pottery, Mohenjo-daro [169]
Pottery with Painted Design, Mohenjo-daro 59. Pottery with Painted Design, Mohenjo-daro [170]
Painted Red-Slip Pottery, Mohenjo-daro 60. Painted Red-Slip Pottery, Mohenjo-daro [172]
Painted Pottery, Mohenjo-daro 61. Painted Pottery, Mohenjo-daro [167]
Pottery Sherds, Mohenjo-daro 62. Pottery Sherds, Mohenjo-daro [145]
63. Mohenjo-daro Bricks with Human and Animal Footprints [94]
Fallen Fired Brick on Mound, Mohenjo-daro 64. Fallen Fired Brick on Mound, Mohenjo-daro [45]
Fired Brick on Mound, Mohenjo-daro 65. Fired Brick on Mound, Mohenjo-daro [38]
Brick Platform, Mohenjo-daro 66. Brick Platform, Mohenjo-daro [37]
Bathing Platform, Mohenjo-daro 67. Bathing Platform, Mohenjo-daro [164] (1179?)
Initial Citadel Gateway Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [35] 68. Initial Citadel Gateway Excavations, Mohenjo-daro [35]
Wheeler's List 1 Plates 69. Wheeler's List 1 Plates [75-87]
Wheeler's List 1 Plates 70. Wheeler's List 1 Plates [88-103]
Wheeler's List 1 Plates 71. Wheeler's List 1 Plates [104-105]
Wheeler's List 2 Plates 72. Wheeler's List 2 Plates [133-152]
Wheeler's List 2 Plates 73. Wheeler's List 2 Plates [160B-170]
Wheeler's List 2 Plates 74. Wheeler's List 2 Plates [171-174]
75. Mohenjo-daro Wall of Early Tower at South-east Corner of Citadel
76. Mohenjodaro Stairs in Granary
77. Group of Towers at South-east Corner of Citadel
78. Mohenjo-daro: Citadel from the South east, with Buddhist stupa
79. Mohenjo-daro Upper Part of Podium of Great Granary
80. Mohenjo-daro Parapet Walk