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Jump to navigation Harappa Search form Search A Study on Faience Objects in the Ghaggar Plains During Urban and Post-urban Indus Periods "This research project focuses on the Ghaggar plains, which occupies the north-eastern corner of the Indus society, in order to understand the temporal change of craft production through time from the Indus urban period to the post-urban period in this region. As a part of the project, faience objects have been subjected to a series of scientific analyses to identify their raw materials and production technology" (p. 1) write the authors. Read more Priest-Kings or Puritans? Childe and Willing Subordination in the Indus An interesting series of reflections on how we have viewed the ancient Indus through the prism of whatever archaeological priorities or worldviews were in fashion then, and how the evidence, slowly, can push against these preconceptions. Read more Mirrored signs. Administrative and scriptorial information in the Indus Civilization clay sealings So much attention has been focused on seals, that we sometimes forget that sealings was their most prosaic and basic function: making impressions on clay or other humble materials to perform some sort of basic administrative functions. Read more Etched Carnelian Beads from Chanhu-daro Etched carnelian beads are a hallmark of the Harappan phase and copies of them in different materials are found during this period illustrating their value to the people of the Indus Valley Civilization. Examples of this bead type have also been found in Mesopotamia, Iran and the Gulf and it is believed now that all of these may have been manufactured in the Indus Valley. Read more Four Seals Up Close A visit to the National Museum of Pakistan in Karachi gave me the opportunity to take close shots of four seals from Mohenjo-daro. They show both the exquisite workmanship of Indus craftsmen and the merciless wear, in different degrees, of four thousand years of history. Read more The Published Archaeobotanical Data from the Indus Civilisation, South Asia, c. 3200–1500 BC What did ancient Indus people eat? What kind of crops did they grow? What did they cook? How might these things differ by city, town and region? To even get close to answering these questions, one needs a "a systematic collation of all primary published macrobotanical data, regardless of their designation as ‘crop’, ‘fully domesticated’ or ‘wild/weedy’ species," writes author Jennifer Bates. Read more Oilseeds, spices, fruits and flavour in the Indus Civilisation An excellent recent (2019) summary of what we know about ancient Indus foods that were, likely and speculatively, derived from plant resources, and what implications these diverse discoveries over the years have for our understanding of ancient Indus society. Read more Donations to Ancient Indus Studies Ancient Indus research is constrained by a shortage of funds. One of the longest lasting, most successful projects has been the Harappa Archaeological Research Project (HARP), run by the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Harvard University and New York University since 1986. Read more Indus Figures at the National Museum, Karachi On a visit earlier in 2019 to the National Museum of Pakistan in Karachi, an iPhone camera was a welcome companion in trying to bring out something of the character of Indus figurines resident within the large glass vitrines. Read more Indus Folklore: An Unknown Story on Some Harappan Objects There are at least 18 examples of a "human and tiger" motif in Indus glyptic art. This short paper by one of the most prolific writers on ancient Indus themes, the late Dr. Gregory Possehl, wonders how we might read this visual artifact. Read more Pages 1 2 3 next › last » Main menu home blog slides essays q & a articles books videos Secondary menu resources about us facebook Follow Ancient Indus News on our Facebook page (130K likes) original site 2,000 pages from 1995-2015 frozen in time at old.harappa.com Poll I am interested in the ancient Indus civilisation as a/an: Choices high school student grade school student university student amateur enthusiast scholar none of the above All Polls no ads This is an advertising free site. © Harappa.com 1995-2020 25!...