Oval Well, SD Area
This oval well is located in room 19 northeast of Great Bath. It is the only well with an oval structure and may have been used to draw water for nearby bathing platforms or for filling the Great Bath.
Images of and objects from the ancient Indus city of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh.
Mohenjo-daro: Citadel from the South east, with Buddhist stupa
Mohenjo-daro: citadel from the south east, with Buddhist stupa (p. 38).
A close modern photograph of the Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro.
Ancient Indus Bangles
Two copper/bronze bangles, one from Harappa and the other from Mohenjo-daro. The bangles were made from a round hammered rod bent in a full circle. The space between the ends of the bangle would be pried apart to slip it over the wrist.
Dimensions of
Public well, HR Area
Although most wells were located inside private buildings, the city planners of Mohenjo Daro provided some public wells that could be accessed directly from the main street.
Mohenjo-daro Upper Part of Podium of Great Granary
"Mohenjo-daro Upper Part of Podium of Great Granary as seen from the loading platform showing late walls (on earthen supports built when the ground-level had risen to the top of the podium (excavated 1950) (p. 127)."
Wheeler caption
Mohenjo-daro Parapet Walk
Mohenjo-daro parapet walk between two of the towers at the south-eastern corner of the citadel (p. 49).
Ancient Indus Ornaments
This collection of gold and agate ornaments includes objects found at both Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. At the top are fillets of hammered gold that would have been worn around the forehead.
The other ornaments include bangles, chokers, long pendant
Well and platform, DK-G Area
This well was associated with a finely constructed bathing platform. A stairway leads up to the well and platform from a lower room.
Necklace or belt, Mohenjo-daro
Carnelian and copper/bronze necklace or belt. With 42 long bicone carnelian beads, 72 spherical bronze beads, 6 bronze spacer beads, 2 half moon shaped bronze terminals, 2 hollow cylindrical bronze terminals. Hoard No.
Private Well, DK-G
Each block of buildings at Mohenjo-Daro was supplied with one or more wells such as this one in DK-G Area. When archaeologists excavated the fill around the well they were left standing to show the final levels of use.