Fig 1.
Harappan sites where skeletons were discovered (indicated by dots).
Red dot: Rakhigarhi site; dashed dot: skeletons from non-cemetery area; black dots: cemetery sites other than Rakhigarhi.
Fig 2.
Mounds 01–06: Archaeological mounds of Harappan city; Mound 07: cemetery area. The blue and green rectangles indicate the currently excavated trenches (2014–16) and salvage investigation area (2013–14), respectively.
Fig 3.
Distinct localities of Rakhigarhi excavation site.
Fig 4.
Note the protective clothing worn to minimize contamination of samples.
Fig 5.
(A) Primary typical interment (A2/BR 36) at Rakhigarhi cemetery. (B) Primary atypical burial (A2/BR 22) with brick-lined grave architecture.
Fig 6.
Symbolic grave (BR16).
Fig 7.
Map of excavation site at Rakhigarhi necropolis.
Fig 8.
Box and scatter plots of votive pot numbers for (A) primary typical and atypical as well as (B) primary typical, secondary and symbolic graves from Rakhigarhi cemetery.
Table 1.
Classification of the Harappan burials discovered in Rakhigarhi cemetery.
Table 2.
Anthropological profile of the skeletons from Rakhigarhi cemetery.
Table 3.
The archaeological and anthropological details of the burials in Rakhigarhi cemetery.
Fig 9.
Box and scatter plots of votive pot numbers found in subadult and adult graves.
Fig 10.
Box and scatter plots of votive pot numbers in typical and atypical graves according to sex.
M_ and F_ means male and female, respectively.
Fig 11.
Five individuals buried together inside the same pit.
A prone-positioned male (B2/BR 02A1) and a supine-positioned male (B2/BR 02C1) were found together.
Fig 12.
(A) Young individual (A2/BR35) discovered wearing necklaces and bangles. (B) The necklace worn by the A2/BR35 individual.
Fig 13.
Box and scatter plots depicting votive pot numbers from primary typical, brick-lined and prone-position graves.
Fig 14.
Brick-lined burial at Rakhigarhi cemetery.
A large quantity of grave goods was found inside A2/BR31.
Fig 15.
Prone-positioned individuals in (A) A2/BR33 and (B) B1/BR 01A.