The Indus Civilization c9.24

c9.24

Pot-marks are not common at Mohenjo-daro, although more frequent at Harappa, and when found on the former site are scratched on the shoulders of large jars. In this case the marks take the form of characters on the seal-amulets, but, strangely enough, no potsherd is known with any long inscription upon it, unless very soluble ink was used that has vanished in the course of centuries. One sherd has, however, come to light at Mohenjo-daro on one side of which is roughly scratched the picture of a boat, and on the reverse a couple of pictographic characters.