Select images from Chanhu-daro, Sarasvati river valley (S. Kalyanaraman, August 2, 2013)

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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,
http://www.mfa.org/http://www.mfa.org/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundigakhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundigakhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundigakhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mundigakhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aharhttp://www.mfa.org/


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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
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanhudarohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanhudarohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanhudaro


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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.
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/head-249681http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/head-249681http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/head-249681


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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
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/monkey-18330http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/monkey-18330http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/monkey-18330


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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)


about 26001900 B.C. 6.4 x 8.3 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.)

Copper alloy

36.2994.1-2
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/blade-razor-125370http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/blade-razor-125370http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/blade-razor-125370


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Blade (razor)


about 26001900 B.C. 4 x 5 cm (1 9/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Copper alloy

36.2995

Blade (Razor)


about 26001900 B.C.

Copper alloy 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.) Metalwork

36.2993

Clay

Toy (Expedition #: 3781)

Chanhu-daro, Indus ValleyPrehistoric
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/blade-razor-125372http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/blade-razor-125372http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/blade-razor-125369http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/blade-razor-125369http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/blade-razor-125369http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/blade-razor-125372


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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)


Prehistoric

Prehistoric
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-bird-249106http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-bird-249106http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/bird-18331http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/bird-18331http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-toy-expedition-2318-249030http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-toy-expedition-2318-249030http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-toy-expedition-2318-249030http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-toy-expedition-2318-249030http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/bird-18331http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-bird-249106


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Clay

36.2242

Spinning Top or Lid


Prehistoric Marine shell, Shells; Archeological study materials

Prehistoric

Marine shell

36.2383

Clay Figure


Prehistoric

Prehistoric

Clay

36.2261

Legacy dimension: L. 1.38 in.

Clay Figure


http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/spinning-top-or-lid-249215http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/spinning-top-or-lid-249215http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-figure-249429http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-figure-249429http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-figure-249430http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-figure-249430http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-figure-249430http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-figure-249429http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/spinning-top-or-lid-249215


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Clay

36.2262

Clay Toy: Model of Bullock (Expedition #: 3568)

Chanhu-daro, Sind Pakistan


24002000 B.C.

Reddish-buff clay

36.2232

Clay Toy: Model of Cart (Expedition #:4947)



24002000 B.C.

Reddish-buff clay

36.2233

Clay Toy: Wheel for a Model of a Cart (Expedition #: 5306)


Prehistoric Legacy dimension: D. 1.4 in.

24002000 B.C.


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Reddish-buff clay

36.2234

Clay toy


Prehistoric

Ceramic; clay

36.2243

Clay Toy: Model of Bullock (Expedition #: 734)


24002000 B.C. L. 3.3 in.

Terracotta, reddish buff..

36.2231

Clay Toy: Wheel for a Model of a Cart (Expedition #:1150)


24002000 B.C. D. 1.58 in.

Terracotta, reddish buff clay

36.2235
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-toy-18333http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-toy-18333http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-toy-18333


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Miniature bed or tab...


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
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/miniature-bed-or-table-18316http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/miniature-bed-or-table-18316http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/one-of-four-truncated-spherical-weights-18339http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/one-of-four-truncated-spherical-weights-18339http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/one-of-four-truncated-spherical-weights-18339http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/one-of-four-truncated-spherical-weights-18339http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/one-of-four-truncated-spherical-weights-18339http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/miniature-bed-or-table-18316


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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


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.
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/carved-ball-125062http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/carved-ball-125062http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/carved-ball-125062


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Clay Rattle

Chanhu-daro, Indus Valley, PakistanPrehistoric Ceramics

Clay Legacy dimension: D. 2.0 in.

36.2226

Clay Rattle


Prehistoric

Prehistoric

Clay Legacy dimension: D. 2.5 in.

36.2733

Clay Rattle


Prehistoric

Ceramic; clay D. 1.74 in.

36.2240

Ball-shaped rattle
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-rattle-249019http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-rattle-249019http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-rattle-249728http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-rattle-249728http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-rattle-18332http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-rattle-18332http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/ball-shaped-rattle-125138http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/ball-shaped-rattle-125138http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/ball-shaped-rattle-125138http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-rattle-18332http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-rattle-249728http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/clay-rattle-249019


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about 26001900 B.C. Legacy dimension: Diam: 5.5 cm

Terracotta, buff-colored fired clay with red slip

36.2735

Large Storage Jar


Prehistoric

Ceramic, terracotta

36.2979

Legacy dimension: H: 73.0 cm

Seventy-three beads


Prehistoric

Prehistoric

CarnelianJewelry / Adornment

36.1122.1-73

Cylindrical etched bead
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/large-storage-jar-18380http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/large-storage-jar-18380http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/seventy-three-beads-248160http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/seventy-three-beads-248160http://www.mfa.org/search/collections?objecttype=38http://www.mfa.org/search/collections?objecttype=38http://www.mfa.org/search/collections?objecttype=38http://www.mfa.org/search/collections?objecttype=38http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/seventy-three-beads-248160http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/large-storage-jar-18380


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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.


about 26001900 B.C.

Stone

36.1506, 36.1555, 36.1502 L. 2.53 in.
http://www.mfa.org/search/collections?objecttype=38http://www.mfa.org/search/collections?objecttype=38http://www.mfa.org/search/collections?objecttype=38http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/unfinished-barrel-bead-128610http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/unfinished-barrel-bead-128610http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/unfinished-barrel-bead-128610http://www.mfa.org/search/collections?objecttype=38


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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
http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/painted-jar-125194http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/painted-jar-125194http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/painted-jar-125194

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