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Select images from Chanhu-daro, Sarasvati river valley
Chanhu-Daro is a site located on the banks of River Sarasvati to the east of River Indus
(Sindhu).
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston holds a collection of 1659 artefacts from Chanhu-Daro.
The following images of collections are made available on the website:
http://www.mfa.org
The settlement was inhabited between 4000 and 1700 BCE, and is considered to have
been a centre for manufacturing carnelian beads. This site is a group of three low
mounds that excavations has shown were parts of a single settlement, approximately
5 hectares in size.
Chanhudaro was first excavated by Nani Gopal Majumdar in March, 1930 and again
during winter field session of 1935-36 by the American School of Indic and Iranian
Studies and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston team led by Ernest John Henry Mackay.
The site has produced evidence of shell working, bangles and ladles, apart from an
extensive array of metal artefacts such as copper bun-shaped ingots, copper knives,
spears, razors, axes, vessels and dishes. Some are illustrated from the images of
Boston Museum. The bead-making factory making beads of several types of stones
including carnelian, steatite seals, at Chanhu-Daro included a furnace. Objects of Iron
were reported from Chanhudaro,Ahar(Rajastan, India) andMundigakand this gains
importance as it has been claimed that Iron was produced in 3rd Millenium in South
Asia Region.
||/ sign is only found on inscriptions found at Chanhudaro. It occurred on eleven objects,
(around one sixth of all inscribed objectes recovered from Chanhudaro) leading to
suggestion by Asko Parapola that it may represent town's name. (Parpola, Asko,
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Deciphering the Indus Script. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanhudaro
Copper and bronze objects from the Indus system: shaft-
hole axes:1. Chanhu-daro (Jhukar culture; 2. Shahi-tump
cemetery; 3. Mundigak III.6; shaft-hole adze; 4.
Mundigak II.6, trunnion axes; 5. Shalozan; 6,8 Gilgit
Karakorum, shaft-hole axe-adze; 7. Moghenjo-daro.
(After Allchin, Bridget, 1982, The rise of civilization in
India and Pakistan, Cambridge Univ. Press, p.232)
Square Seal with Antelope Motif
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Prehistoric Legacy dimension: L. 0.94 ins
Prehistoric
Fired white glazed steatite
36.971
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Metalwork. Male Spear Thrower or Dancer, from
Chanhudaro, Sindh, Pakistan (copper) height: 4.1 cms BST 263601 Credit: Male Spear
Thrower or Dancer, from Chanhudaro, Sindh, Pakistan (copper), Harappan / Museum of
Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA / Joint Expedition of the American School of
Indic and Iranian / Studies and the Museum of Fine Arts, 1935-6 Season / The
Bridgeman Art Library
Head
Jhukar Culture?
Prehistoric Legacy dimension: L. 1.73 in.
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Clay
36.2809
MonkeyIndus Valley Culture
Prehistoric
about 24001750 B.C. Overall: 4.1 x 3 cm (1 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Ceramic; clay covere...
36.2218
Clay
bull 7.6 cm (2.99 in.) Mackay Pl. LV #2 Clay, terracotta 7.6 cm (2.99 in.) 36.2212
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Figurine of spotted dog
Pakistan, Indus Valley, Chanhu-Daro
about 26001900 B.C. 7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.)
Terracotta; fired buff-colored clay, painted with red slip
36.2203
Cart with Canopy
Chanhu-daro, 36.2237
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Metalwork Vessel. Copper alloy.
Pakistan, Indus Valley, Chanhu-Daro, about 26001900 B.C. 36.2992
Blade (razor)
Pakistan, Indus Valley, Chanhu-Daro
about 26001900 B.C. 6.4 x 8.3 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)
Copper alloy
36.2994.1-2
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Blade (razor)
Pakistan, Indus Valley, Chanhu-Daro
about 26001900 B.C. 4 x 5 cm (1 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Copper alloy
36.2995
Blade (Razor)
Pakistan, Indus Valley, Chanhu-Daro
about 26001900 B.C.
Copper alloy 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.) Metalwork
36.2993
Clay
Toy (Expedition #: 3781)
Chanhu-daro, Indus ValleyPrehistoric
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Clay
Legacy dimension: L. 2.9 in. 36.2238
Clay Bird
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley
Prehistoric 6.2 cm (2.46 in.)
Clay
36.2253
Bird
Harappa Culture
Prehistoric
Ceramic L. 3.03 in.
36.2219
Clay Toy (Expedition #: 2318)
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley
Prehistoric
Prehistoric
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Clay
36.2242
Spinning Top or Lid
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Prehistoric Marine shell, Shells; Archeological study materials
Prehistoric
Marine shell
36.2383
Clay Figure
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Prehistoric
Prehistoric
Clay
36.2261
Legacy dimension: L. 1.38 in.
Clay Figure
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Prehistoric Legacy dimension: L. 3.41 in.
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Clay
36.2262
Clay Toy: Model of Bullock (Expedition #: 3568)
Chanhu-daro, Sind Pakistan
Prehistoric Legacy dimension: L. 2.83 in.
24002000 B.C.
Reddish-buff clay
36.2232
Clay Toy: Model of Cart (Expedition #:4947)
Chanhu-daro, Sind Pakistan
Prehistoric Legacy dimension: L. 3.5 in.
24002000 B.C.
Reddish-buff clay
36.2233
Clay Toy: Wheel for a Model of a Cart (Expedition #: 5306)
Chanhu-daro, Sind Pakistan
Prehistoric Legacy dimension: D. 1.4 in.
24002000 B.C.
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Reddish-buff clay
36.2234
Clay toy
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley
Prehistoric
Ceramic; clay
36.2243
Clay Toy: Model of Bullock (Expedition #: 734)
Chanhu-daro, Sind Pakistan
24002000 B.C. L. 3.3 in.
Terracotta, reddish buff..
36.2231
Clay Toy: Wheel for a Model of a Cart (Expedition #:1150)
Chanhu-daro, Sind Pakistan
24002000 B.C. D. 1.58 in.
Terracotta, reddish buff clay
36.2235
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Miniature bed or tab...
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Prehistoric
Ceramic, terracotta; painted red
36.1973 Legacy dimension: 5.55 in.
One of
four Truncate...
Indian, Chanhudaro
Prehistoric Legacy dimension: H: 2.4 in.Porphyry, agate, sandstone.
36.2277
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One of four Truncated Spherical Weights
Indian, Chanhudaro
Prehistoric Legacy dimension: H: 1.32 in.
Stone; porphyry, agate, sandstone
36.2276 36.2336 Legacy dimension: D:1.19 in.
36.2337 Legacy dimension: D:1.17 in.
One of Twenty One Weights
Indus Valley (Chanhu-daro)
Prehistoric
Stone (non-specific)
36.2301, 36.2303, 36.2306, 36.2307, 36.2312, 36.2314, 36.2324
Carved Ball
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Prehistoric Legacy dimension: Diameter: 3.2 cm
Marine shell
36.2400
Clay rattles (no images): 36.2742, 36.2744Legacy dimension: D. 1.90 in.,
36.2745Legacy dimension: D. 1.83 in., 36.2746Legacy dimension: D. 1.81 in., 36.2747,
36.2748 Legacy dimension: D. 1.54 in.
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Clay Rattle
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, PakistanPrehistoric Ceramics
Clay Legacy dimension: D. 2.0 in.
36.2226
Clay Rattle
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Prehistoric
Prehistoric
Clay Legacy dimension: D. 2.5 in.
36.2733
Clay Rattle
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Prehistoric
Ceramic; clay D. 1.74 in.
36.2240
Ball-shaped rattle
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Pakistan, Indus Valley, Chanhu-Daro
about 26001900 B.C. Legacy dimension: Diam: 5.5 cm
Terracotta, buff-colored fired clay with red slip
36.2735
Large Storage Jar
Pakistan, Indus Valley, Chanhu-Daro
Prehistoric
Ceramic, terracotta
36.2979
Legacy dimension: H: 73.0 cm
Seventy-three beads
Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, Pakistan
Prehistoric
Prehistoric
CarnelianJewelry / Adornment
36.1122.1-73
Cylindrical etched bead
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Indus Valley Civilization
about 26001900 B.C. Overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Carnelian
36.1078
Beads. Legacy dimension: L. 2.61 in 36.1498 CarnelianJewelry / Adornment36.1498,
36.1061 5.77 cm (2 1/4 in.), 36.1059L. 2.7 ins.,, 36.1057 L. 2.12 in.,
Unfinished barrel beads.
Pakistan, Indus Valley, Chanhu-Daro
about 26001900 B.C.
Stone
36.1506, 36.1555, 36.1502 L. 2.53 in.
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Painted jarPakistan, Indus Valley, Chanhu-Daro
about 26001900 B.C. 55.3 cm (21 3/4 in.)
Terracotta, buff-colored fired clay painted with dark brown on a red slip
36.2978
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