Indus Valley Division - Part 1

Items T1 to T99

The Indus Valley Civilization (3300 - 1700 BC), abbreviated IVC, was an ancient civilization that flourished in the Indus River basin. Primarily centred in Pakistan (Sindh and Punjab provinces) and India (Gujarat and Rajasthan), it extended westward into the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Remains have been excavated from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Iran, as well. Development of farming communities ultimately jed to the accretion of larger settlements from the later 4th millennium BC. The distinctive regional culture which emerged is called Early or Pre-Harappan. The mature phase of this civilization is technically known as the Harappan Civilization (2600 - 1900BC), after the first of its cities to be unearthed: Harappa in Pakistan. Excavation of IVC sites have been ongoing since 1920, with important breakthroughs occurring as recently as 1999.

Most painted pottery of the Indus cities was covered with a red slip (the colour coming from red ochre) and then painted with black designs. Around 2600 BC the style of the painted designs included floral and geometric motifs arranged in panels beginning at the rim and extending to the lower body of the vessel. Many of these painted designs such as the pipal leaf, the fish-scale design and intersecting-circle motifs have roots in earlier regional cultures (3300 - 2600 BC) but the combination of various motifs and the style of the decoration reflects a new synthesis characteristic of the Indus cities.

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Catalogue No.: T01 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel Spectacular painted pottery vessel of the Nal Phase, with original mineral pigment colouring in circular banding and bird motifs on a yellow ground, the pottery of a pale buff matrix with some earthen encrustation remaining. Mehrgarh Culture, Nal Phase (c. late 4th millennium BC) Mehrgarh was an ancient settlement in South Asia and is one of the most important sites in archaeology for the study of the earliest Neolithic settlements. The remains are located in Balochistan, Pakistan, on the Kachi Plain near the Bolan Pass, to the west of the Indus River valley and between the present-day cities of Quetta, Kalat and Sibi. Mehrgarh is sometimes cited as the earliest known farming settlement in South Asia, based on the archaeological excavations from 1974 (Jarrige et al). The earliest evidence of settlement dates from 7000 BCE. It is also cited for the earliest evidence of pottery in South Asia. Archaeologists divide the occupation of the site into several periods. The chalcolithic people of Mehrgarh also had contacts with northern Afghanistan, north-eastern Iran and even the southern part of central Asia. Size: 180 X 102mm.

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Catalogue No.: T02 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 82 X 119mm.

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Catalogue No.: T03 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 200 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T04 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 165 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T05 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 123 X 125mm.

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Catalogue No.: T06 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 175 X 140mm.

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Catalogue No.: T07 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 135 X 85mm.

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Catalogue No.: T08 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 180 X 115mm.

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Catalogue No.: T09 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 55 X 195mm.

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Catalogue No.: T10 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 200 X 120mm.

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Catalogue No.: T11 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 190 X 140mm.

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Catalogue No.: T12 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 185 X 105mm.

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Catalogue No.: T13 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel Large Kulli Phase pot with relief ribbed banding, the pot decorated with a red slip coating and chocolate brown decoration in the form of a frieze of lions with palm or peepal trees as well as friezes depicting mountains and mountain goats or ibex, together with arcane symbols and devices. This piece is accompanied by a thermoluminescence dating and authenticity report confirming an apparent age (as per testing at 375 degrees Celsius) of 4410 years b.p. Size: 190 X 155mm.

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Catalogue No.: T14 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 93mm.

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Catalogue No.: T15 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 150 X 100mm.

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Catalogue No.: T16 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Spectacular Nal Phase fish plate or bowl with pale red slip and chocolate brown decoration depicting swirling fish, waves and bands of arched and striped motifs Mehrgarh Culture, Nal Phase (c. late 4th millennium BC). Size: 490 X 110mm.

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Catalogue No.: T17 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 275 X 175mm.

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Catalogue No.: T18 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Spectacular Nal Phase fish plate or bowl with pale red slip and chocolate brown decoration depicting swirling fish, waves and bands of arched and striped motifs Mehrgarh Culture, Nal Phase (c. late 4th millennium BC). Size: 360 X 70mm.

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Catalogue No.: T19 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Superb Kulli phase pot of large proportions, the pot decorated in a cream slip and chocolate brown decoration depicting at the centre, a freize of Zebu bulls with palm trees, peepal trees and arcane symbols and devices. Large scale pottery of Nindowari Culture of this quality is extremely rare. The pot has been tested by means of thermoluminescence for dating and authenticity and remains in sound and stable condition. Kulli Phase, late 3rd millennium BC, Nindowari Culture Size: 375 X 420mm.

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Catalogue No.: T20 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 165mm.

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Catalogue No.: T21 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 160 X 95mm.

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Catalogue No.: T22 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 170 X 85mm.

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Catalogue No.: T23 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 93mm.

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Catalogue No.: T24 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 170 X 130mm.

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Catalogue No.: T25 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 142 X 100mm.

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Catalogue No.: T26 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 143 X 80mm.

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Catalogue No.: T27 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 90mm.

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Catalogue No.: T28 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 116 X 80mm.

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Catalogue No.: T29 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 143 X 206mm.

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Catalogue No.: T30 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 135 X 108mm.

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Catalogue No.: T31 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 170 X 110mm.

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Catalogue No.: T32 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 180 X 120mm.

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Catalogue No.: T33 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 142 X 112mm.

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Catalogue No.: T34 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 120 X 69mm.

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Catalogue No.: T35 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 80mm.

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Catalogue No.: T36 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 157 X 85mm.

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Catalogue No.: T37 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T38 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 145 X 70mm.

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Catalogue No.: T39 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 90mm.

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Catalogue No.: T40 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T41 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 85 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T42 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T43 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 65mm.

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Catalogue No.: T44 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 150 X 100mm.

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Catalogue No.: T45 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 145 X 100mm.

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Catalogue No.: T46 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 180 X 115mm.

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Catalogue No.: T47 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 110mm.

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Catalogue No.: T48 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 110mm.

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Catalogue No.: T49 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 135 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T50 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 90mm.

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Catalogue No.: T51 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 150 X 95mm.

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Catalogue No.: T52 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 85mm.

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Catalogue No.: T53 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 150 X 95mm.

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Catalogue No.: T54 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 115 X 83mm.

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Catalogue No.: T55 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 135 X 65mm.

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Catalogue No.: T56 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 80mm.

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Catalogue No.: T57 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 110mm.

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Catalogue No.: T58 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 150 X 150mm.

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Catalogue No.: T59 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 165 X 90mm.

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Catalogue No.: T60 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 80mm.

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Catalogue No.: T61 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 80mm.

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Catalogue No.: T62 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 200 X 120mm.

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Catalogue No.: T63 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 180 X 100mm.

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Catalogue No.: T64 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 70mm.

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Catalogue No.: T65 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 185 X 110mm.

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Catalogue No.: T66 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 65mm.

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Catalogue No.: T67 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 120 X 90mm.

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Catalogue No.: T68 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 160 X 95mm.

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Catalogue No.: T69 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 100mm.

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Catalogue No.: T70 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 100 X 115mm.

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Catalogue No.: T71 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 165 X 100mm.

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Catalogue No.: T72 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 120 X 85mm.

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Catalogue No.: T73 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 134 X 130mm.

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Catalogue No.: T74 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 92 X 52mm.

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Catalogue No.: T75 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 175 X 110mm.

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Catalogue No.: T76 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 170 X 95mm.

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Catalogue No.: T77 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 82mm.

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Catalogue No.: T78 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Plate. Size: 150 X 20mm.

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Catalogue No.: T79 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 86 X 140mm.

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Catalogue No.: T80 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 125 X 80mm.

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Catalogue No.: T81 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 183 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T82 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 140 X 100mm.

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Catalogue No.: T83 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 150 X 105mm.

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Catalogue No.: T84 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Stand. Size: 142 X 110mm.

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Catalogue No.: T85 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 95 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T86 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 80mm.

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Catalogue No.: T87 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 125 X 55mm.

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Catalogue No.: T88 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 105 X 90mm.

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Catalogue No.: T89 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 80 X 60mm.

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Catalogue No.: T90 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 120 X 90mm.

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Catalogue No.: T91 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 100 X 77mm.

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Catalogue No.: T92 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 120 X 87mm.

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Catalogue No.: T93 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 95 X 55mm.

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Catalogue No.: T94 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 85 X 55mm.

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Catalogue No.: T95 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 130 X 60mm.

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Catalogue No.: T96 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 110 X 70mm.

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Catalogue No.: T97 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 115 X 75mm.

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Catalogue No.: T98 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 95 X 95mm.

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Catalogue No.: T99 Description: Indus Valley Painted Pottery Vessel. Size: 90 X 57mm.

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