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Plan of an Indus Valley Civilization citadel and town

Date

Authors

Wheeler, Mortimer

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Abstract

Description

Shows main outline of citadel and annexe (KLB-1) and adjacent town (KLB-2), both still being excavated in 1967, Mound KLB-1 was originally the site of a fortified pre-Harappan settlement, Subsequently re-fortified by the Harappans on rhomboidal plan, with mud-brick walls and towers enclosing a series of 4-6 mud-brick platforms, some of which seem to have carried ritual structures, KLB-2 was from the beginning a Harappan settlement, with a grid-plan and apparently fortifications

Keywords

Indus Valley Civilization, maps/plans, book scan

Citation

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/162809

Collections

Basham Photographs

Source

Type

Image

Archives Series

Basham Collection

Date created

1968

Access Statement

License Rights

This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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