An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.1002

v2.c45.1002

In Pd I A, datable to *c.* 2300 B.C., the Harappans came to Surkotada and built a fortified citadel and residential annexe, made of mud brick, mud lumps and rubble, containing houses with bath-rooms and drains. They had painted pottery with the Indus alphabet [20.4.1] painted on the pots, chert blades and copper objects; a typical Harappa seal has also been found. Other interesting finds are clay *liṅga*-like objects [12.3] evidently of cult significance. A piece of charred rope adds to the variety of the finds. Bones of the *Equus* from the earliest levels are the other important discovery in that they show that the animal was known to the Harappans. Along with the Harappa there was also a non-Harappa population whose pottery though limitedly found shows affinities with that of Ur, Brak and T. Jitle in w. Asia in its cream slip and reserved slip.