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Near Hawkes Bay, Karachi

Between 1993-1994 I lived and worked in a small Baluch fishing village near Hawkes Bay, Abdur Rehman Goth, just west of Karachi, Pakistan (goth is the Baluchi word for village). My main research goals were to conduct an ethnoarchaeological study of

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Environments – Satellite Image from Google

The aquatic environments around Harappa are riverine and composed of marshlands, oxbow lakes, and the River Ravi itself.

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Harappa in the 1820s

Above: Animal on Burial Jar from Harappa "A long march preceded our arrival at Haripah, through jangal of the closest description.

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Limestone Pillar Members, Dholavira

The limestone pillar members, found at Dholavira reminiscence of the Harappan culture. A circular cut base of the pillar is shown below. Pillar members have been found in various trenches around Dholavira.

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Kalat in the 1820s

"Kalat, the capital of Balochistan, and the residence of the khan, is but a small town, seated on the eastern acclivity of a spur from the hill called Shah Mirdan. "It is in form oblong, and surrounded by a crenated wall of mud, chiefly of moderate

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Mohenjodaro, D.K. Area, G Section

Mackay writes about the large building in Block 22 (p. 152): "At the floor level of the Late II Phase this building measured 51 feet 3 inches, North-South, by 56 ft. long at the north and about 54 feet 9 ins. at the south.

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Two Pillars, Dholavira

Two pillars associated with some type of entrance. It resembles a pillar shaped structure that is neatly polished. Two pillars could be a form of entry into a town, temple or a place of significance.

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Ravi phase hand-formed mud-bricks

Ravi phase hand-formed (not in molds) mud-bricks were found in the early levels mixed with ash and broken pieces of pottery. They may originally have been part of a firing structure or kiln.

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Early Harappan stylized female figurine from Harappa

The earliest anthropomorphic figurines from Harappa thus far are from the Early Harappan (Ravi Phase, Period 1, and Kot Diji Phase, Period 2) levels.

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Rohri Hills

The Rohri Hills as they appear along the western fringe of the plateau, facing the fertile Indus Valley, where most of the Harappan flint quarries and workshops have been discovered (map).

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