[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c45.1002 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.1002 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.1002 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c45.1002](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.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. - [Previous: v2.c45.1001](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.1001) - [Next: v2.c45.1003](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.1003) - [Up: v2.c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.1002](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.1002) · Pramāṇa