Harappa

The excavations on mound A-B revealed several strata of inhabitation with walls, platforms and drains indicated. Several objects were unearthed in these strata. These two photographs show the same view, with first a wider angle of the site, and then… >

"The sites F and A-B and some of the other mounds bid fair to yield many more valuable relics and the deep ravines cut by rain water afford convenient places for reaching the earlier strata with comparatively little trouble. One of these ravines imm… >

View of six parallel walls, of the “stouter kind”. Sahni: “The most important architectural discovery … of the year was made about the centre of this mound which, though only partially, exposed, already embraces an area of 106' from east to west … >

Five Seals. One with unicorn, four with only the script. >

10 small objects in two rows of five each. Top row: Similar looking objects published in Vats 1940 (Vol. II), Plate CXVII, nos. 28-31. Vats described these as “chessman shaped lingams” and mentioned that they “are found in very large numbers … >

"Due south of Mound F, and across the village road going west to the hamlet of Hafiz Bullah, stands Mound AB—the highest of all the mounds at Harappa (Pl. I). Roughly, it is a parallelogram in shape, measuring some 1,450 ft. from north to south by 8… >

"It was at this point that the large earthen jar (No. A 233 of the list and photo. No. 2741) came to light. The contents of this vessel were a number of domes­tic earthenware utensils, a stone chess figure, etc." - Daya Ram Sahni, Annual Prog… >

ENGRAVED WITH A PICTOGRAPHIC SCRIPT UNLIKE ANY PREVIOUSLY KNOWN INDIAN ALPHABET, BUT SOMEWHAT RESEMBLING MYCENAEAN PICTOGRAPHS: PRE-HISTORIC SEALS FROM MOHENJO-DARO AND HARAPPA [From Sir John Marshall's story in the issue describing the finds… >

Cubical weights in graduated sizes.These weights conform to the standard Harappan binary weight system that was used in all of the settlements. The smallest weight in this series is 0.856 grams and the most common weight is approximately 13.7 grams,… >