Describe the Citadel, Grid system and Drainage system of the Harappan cities.
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(i) The drainage system was planned very carefully. (ii) Road and streets were laid out along an approximate grid pattern intersecting at right angles. (iii) Streets were laid out with drains and he drains were covered. (iv) The houses were built along them.
(ii) Most of the cities like Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were divided into two parts. The part that was built on a raised height is called the citadel or 'acropolis'. The part with a low height but a larger area is called the lower town. The citadel was built on a raised ground and had high walls made of bricks.
(iii) By 2600 BC, Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, major cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, were built with blocks divided by a grid of straight streets, running north–south and east–west. … Three gates on each side of the perimeter lead into the nine main streets that crisscross the city and define its grid-pattern.