ABSTRACT
The two Late Harappan seals discussed in this paper! were excavated by Ernest Mackay in Chanhujo-daro (Mound II) in 1935-6 and first published by him in 1943.
One ofthem (Figure 1)2is a square seal ofthe Indus type, made ofdark brown steatite and measuring 15 by 14 by 4.5 mm.3 Its back is "unfinished, with a rectangular handle measuring 0.39 by 0.29 by 0.14 inches, and pierced by a small hole". The seal came from square 7/c, loc.135, level +10.4 feet (Mackay 1943: 291). According to Mackay (op. cit.: 142) the level at which it was found "would lead one to date it to the Harappa period", but he nevertheless doubtfully classifies it as belonging to the Jhukar period. This classification is apparently based on the rou;gh workmanship ofthe seal, which does point to the lowering of carving standards at the end of the Mature Harappan period.
