Plan of an Indus Valley Civilization citadel and town
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Wheeler, Mortimer
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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
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Indus Valley Civilization, maps/plans, book scan
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Basham Collection
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1968
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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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