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angpur,
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Indus Valley Civilization Sites
Sources of the Harappan Culture
mud brick. Below the citadel in e
Archaeological evidences are the main source of
lower town containing brick houses
information for the Harappan Culture. The writing
areas were the places where essen
has still not been deciphered. Evidences like seals,
of civil and religious life were
jewellery, toys, pottery along with architectural
residential areas were located at
remains, throws light on the civilization.
• At Harappa, remarkable number
SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE CITIES
have also been found.
• The most important public plac
The residents of Indus Valley laid the bricks
Daro is the Great Bath. It m
for India's first cities. They built strong levees, or
in length, feet in breadth a
earthen walls, to keep water out of their cities,
of 8 feet. Flights of steps at ei
Archaeologists have found the ruins of more than
the surface. There were side roa
100 settlements along the Indus and its tributaries.
clothes. The floor of the Bath w
Town Planning
bricks. Water was drawn from
• The towns of Indus Valley were well planned.
an adjacent room, and an outlet
They were based on the grid system of town
of the Bath led to a drain. It
planning. In this system, the streets and lanes cut as a ritual bathing site.
across one another almost at right angles. It thus
divided the city into several rectangular blocks.
• There were different kind and size of houses for
the common people in Harappa. The houses were
largely built of burnt bricks. The bigger houses
had many rooms surrounding a square courtyard.
These houses were provided with private wells,
kitchens and bathing platforms.
• Harappa, Mohenjo Daro and Kalibangan each
had its own citadel built on a high podium of
Great Bath at Mohen
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