Room in between L and SD Areas
Narrow brick walls define the outlines of a small room or courtyard in the low-lying area between L and SD Areas on the Citadel Mound.
Images of and objects from the ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh.
Lower Town: HR Area mud brick platforms
The foundations of many houses were constructed on top of massive mud brick platforms such as this one eroding from the edge of the mound along the major east-west street dividing HR and VS areas.
Indus Household objects. Flint Implements, Weights
[Original 1931 text] "The flint implements found at Mohenjo-daro are of the simplest description, most of them being long flakes that were probably used for cutting up meat and for other household purposes.
Mohenjo-daro Granary Platform [88D]
REM Granary
Looking to the northwest along the edge of the slope where small rooms and a massive platform made of fired brick was exposed.
Nodule and Pottery Foundation fill, HR Area
Some of the later houses in HR area were constructed on top of massive deposits of garbage consisting of brick rubble, broken pottery and sometimes a thin layer of crushed, vitrified terracotta nodules.
Mohenjo-daro Granary Excavations [91]
REM Granary
Overview of the REM Granary excavations, viewed from the northwest. The fired brick mass of the western slope is visible at the right.
No. 91 Also "1101" penciled on back
Pottery
[Original 1931 text] "The ancient pottery of Mohenjo-daro frequently has sand or ime, or both, mixed with the clay, more often in the painted ware than in the plain ware.
Lattice Screen and Curved Fragment
Dr. Kenoyer (Ancient Cities, p. 58) writes:
"Windows situated on both the first and second stories had shutters with latticework grills above and below the shutters.
Excavation Debris Pile, DK-I Area
Earth and debris excavated from the houses and streets of DK-I area was dumped directly onto parts of the unexcavated mound, making it difficult to discern where the original mound ends and where the dirt pile begins.
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.