The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c13.21

c13.21

Apart from burials of post-Harappan or doubtful date, the only other human bones of consequence from Harappā were found in “Area G” on the south-eastern outskirts of the site as now visible.² Here a tightly packed mass of human skulls (twenty complete and fragments of others), intermixed with a relatively small number of human long bones, some animal bones and Harappan pottery, was discovered between 4 ft. and 5 ft. 10 ins. below the present surface. The collection had obviously been brought together after the previous exposure of the bodies, but in what circumstances cannot be inferred. Its late date is indicated by the abundance of pointed “Indus goblets” in the deposit, and possibly by some slight admixture of “cemetery H” pottery (see below).