Artefacts found in Mohenjo-daro (part-2)

Artifacts found in Mohenjo-Daro (part-2)

NOTABLE ARTEFACTS

Numerous objects found in the excavation include seated and standing figures, copper and stone tools, carved seals, balance scales and weights, gold and jasper jewelry, and children's toys. Many bronze and copper pieces, such as figurines and bowls, have been discovered from the site. The furnaces found at the site are believed to have been used for copper works and melting the metals as opposed to smelting. There even seems to be an entire section of the city dedicated to shell-working. Some of the most famous copper works discovered from the site are the copper tablets which have examples of the untranslated Indus scripts and visual images and symbols used in works of art or to study.

                                                                  

LOST WAX TECHNIQUE

While the script has not been converted into normal language yet, many of the images on the tablets match another tablet and both hold the same caption in the Indus language, with the example given showing three tablets with the image of a mountain goat and the inscription on the back reading the same letters for the three tablets.

  

                                    INDUS SCRIPT                                 

Pottery and terracotta sherds have been discovered from the site, with many of the pots having deposits of ash in them, leading archeologists to believe they were either used to hold the ashes of a person or as a way to warm up a home located in the site. These heaters, or braziers, were ways to heat the house while also being able to be utilized in a manner of cooking or straining, while others only believe they were used for heating.

Most of the objects from Mohenjo-daro retained by India are in the National Museum of India in New Delhi and those returned to Pakistan in the National Museum of Pakistan in Karachi, with many also in the museum now established at Mohenjo-daro itself. In 1939, a small representative group of artifacts excavated at the site was transferred to the British Museum by the Director-General of the Archeological Survey of India.