One relatively successful low cost techniques used to combat the destructive nature of salts in the fired bricks is to cover the walls with a thick layer of mud and straw plaster and to spray them with clay slurry.
Iravatham Mahadevan believes that the terminal sign used here is actually a combination of two signs. The bottom part (figure carrying) denotes a bearer of office.
Museum Campus
Traditional Sindhi oxcarts were used to transport crates of pottery and artifacts to Dokri Train station where they were loaded onto a train for transport to Karachi or Lahore.
No.77
[Original 1931 text] "Blocks 1 and 2. - The total extent of this complex of buildings has not been settled, especially to the north-east (Block 2), as much excavation remains to be done.
The pathway leading from VS to DK-I area follows the natural topography of the mounds. The eroding surface is littered with over fired nodules, pottery, brick fragments and other artifacts that are heavily encrusted with efflorescent salts.
REM Granary
Looking north along the western edge of the REM Granary area during the early phase of excavations. The slope is covered with eroded bricks and pottery. Lighter areas are probably mudbrick walls or platforms.
No. 48 , Note white "60"
Sir John Marshall has an extensive section (see Images 2 and 3 for his references) on linga, yoni and the often difficult job of distinguishing them from game pieces and stones in general (Mohenjo-daro, p.