Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c8.9

c8.9

Now the Multan-Lahore line ran not far from another ancient city, by then a shapeless heap of huge, dusty mounds, part of which had been robbed of bricks to build the modern village of Harappā on the site. John must have told William of his brilliant scheme for obtaining ballast for the track: a prehistoric capital of the Punjab, Harappā, was plundered as ruthlessly as Brahminabad had been, and today the trains rumble over a hundred miles of line laid on a secure foundation of third-millennium brick-bats. During the brick-robbing antiquities of various kinds were found, and some of the more curious kept by the workmen and the engineers.