Mohenjo-daro

Images of and objects from the ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh.

Kids in Mohenjo-daro

These two local boys decided to hang out in the ancient city after delivering a pot of milk to their father who is one of the site watchmen. The distinctive decorated hat worn by the older boy is worn throughout Sindh province in Pakistan.

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Building, Block 22

Mackay continues about the building in Block 22 (p. 153): "There are, for instance, two footings, each about 6 ins. Wide, along the southern side of room 3, the lower one 8.3 ft. and the other 6.2 ft.

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An Unfinished Unfired Seal

One of the most intriguing of Indus inscriptions, displayed upside down in the glass case in the second image [above]. Was it going to be a seal or not? It looks like it. Dr.

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The Great Bath, as seen from the south-west

[Original 1931 text] "The Great Bath, which I have reserved to the last, was part of what appears to have been a vast hydropathic establishment and the most imposing of all the remains unearthed at Mohenjo-daro." (Marshall, Vol. I, p. 24)

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Mohenjo-daro Citadel Gateway Excavations [33]

ACC - Citadel Gateway Southeast Excavations of the gateway area viewed from the southeast, looking northwest. The brick walls and rooms are visible just below the surface of the mound. No. 33

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Sunrise over Mohenjo-daro

The winter sun rises over the site while the mist clings to the mounds.

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Mundigak Head and the "Priest King"

What are the similarities between these this white limestone head found at Mundigak in southern Afghanistan and the so-called "Priest King" from Mohenjo-daro? Massimo Vidale offers a fascinating conjectural yet evidence-based discussion in his

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Indus Interior

Mackay speculates on the owner of this building in Block 22, which may have looked something like this sketch by him of another Indus home (p. 154): I am inclined to think that this building was the house of some rich personage, for it is very