An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.1004

v2.c45.1004

Finally, in Pd I C, with the Harappa still living here, another people using the black-and-red ware [11.6.1] and a very coarse pottery came to the site. A fortified citadel with an impressive centrally placed gateway complex in the s. was built and the residential annexe was fortified with a rampart wall having bastions and a gateway in the s. Well-arranged houses with lanes and bylanes have been exposed both in the citadel and the residential complexes. The houses on an average have five rooms. A house with five rooms facing a rectangular room has been found in the residential area. Some important finds are a typical Harappa terracotta seal, a heavy copper chisel, a hoard of copper beads and bangles and terracotta toys, tanks and beads, besides animal skeletal remains of the horse, camel, elephant and sheep. The Harappans buried the bones of their dead in small oval pits and put jars and dishes-on-stand probably for keeping food, etc., and covered it with a huge slab. This practice is unprecedented in the Harappa burial tradition.