The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c13.3

c13.3

Fragments of stone buildings were, however, detected outside both on the northern and the southern slopes. Near the former was found a large pot containing ashes thought to represent a human cremation, and three similar cinerary deposits were found in urns outside the eastern defence. The finds generally included numerous chert blades of the normal chalcolithic type of the Indus and its environs, a leaf-shaped flint arrowhead (unusual in these parts—see p. 55), a flat copper axe with slightly expanded edge, bangles of clay and one of glass (the latter presumably intrusive, if correctly described), part of an alabaster pot, and much pottery, including perforated vessels of a kind common in the Harappan culture. Few decorated sherds were found, but as a whole the ceramic would appear to be provincial Harappan. There were no terra-cotta figurines, but a characteristic Harappan pottery bird-whistle is recorded. Baked bricks are noted, measuring 16 × 6 × 2½ ins.