The Harappa torsos
Two small stone torsos from Harappa so lifelike that their date is still argued.
Two small torsos of men were found at Harappa: one of red sandstone or jasper, standing, and one of grey stone in a dancing pose. They are carved with a naturalism unlike anything else from the Indus.
Marshall thought them Harappan; others suspected they came from later levels. The question remains open.
They are in the National Museum in New Delhi.
More from the Indus
The world's first great public water tank, sealed with bitumen on the citadel of Mohenjo-daro.
A bearded man in a trefoil-patterned cloak, carved in steatite: the face of the Indus civilisation.
A bronze girl, ten centimetres tall, standing with hand on hip, her arm covered in bangles.
A horned figure seated cross-legged among wild animals: the most debated image of the Indus.
The commonest Indus seal: a one-horned bull before a ritual stand, with a line of script.
Long red beads drilled through with stone drills and etched with white designs, prized from the Indus to Ur.
Polished cubes of chert made to one standard from the Ravi to the Arabian Sea.
Little bullock carts, whistles, rattles and animals with nodding heads: the playthings of Indus children.