First Draft Exhibit

Weights Image

Sets of standardized weights have been found in many Harappan excavations. These normally cubic weights are unique to the Indus Valley compared to other ancient civilizations. The amount of the weights always follows a ratio pattern of 1:2:4:8:16:32:64, after which they increase in a decimal system.

Mohenjo-Daro City Plan

Indus Valley cities, such as the plan of Mohenjo-Daro above, show advanced planning to produce the grid pattern of the streets and buildings. The streets include unprecedented covered sewage canals leading from buildings and intricate water works including wells and baths.

Harappan Dice (Main)    &    Harappan Dice (Inset)

Dice and other game pieces are found regularly around the Indus Valley, used for gaming and commonly made out of ivory. Examples found at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro show three common marking systems- numbers 1-3 along with longitudinal marks, numbers 1-6 in random pattern, and one artifact with the modern number arrangement.

 

Beads

The people of the Harappan civilization were expert craftsmen; one such craft is bead-making. The beads were made of all types of semi-precious materials such as carnelian, agate, amethyst, turquoise, lapis lazuli; they were commonly used in trade with other civilizations in the Old World.

Model Wagon & Animals

Trade of the Indus Valley was more developed than previously thought, partaking in land and maritime trade among other societies and internally. Remains of boats have been discovered that were used for seafaring trade. Other evidences are the stamp seals that accompanied goods and models of wagons like the one shown above.