Indus Valley Civilization - Rolf Gross

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In Harappa large numbers of small terracotta figurines have been found recently (1991).Some may have been votive figures other were apparently children's toys!Collection of burial pottery. Possible date 2500 BC.Photos and text from harappa.comMohenjo Daro 2600-1700 BCMohenjo-daro (Mound of the dead) was a city of the Indus Valley Civilization builtaround 2600 BC and is located in the Sindh Province of Pakistan. This ancient fivethousand year old city is the largest of the Indus Valley and is widely recognized as one
of the most important early cities of South Asia and the Indus Valley Civilization.Mohenjo Daro was one of the world's(?) first cities and contemporaneous with ancientEgyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations. It is sometimes referred to as "The AncientIndus Valley Metropolis".This view shows the high western mound made up of a massive mud brick platform andbrick houses of the Harappan period ( 2600 to 1900 B. C.). On top of the Harappanstructures is a Buddhist period stupa made of mud brick that dates to the first centuryA.D."Great Bath," Mohenjo-daro.The great bath is without doubt the earliest public water tank in the ancient world. Most
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