explain the town planning of Harappan civil⁷
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Town planning is the unique feature of Indus valley civilization. Their town planning proves that they lived a highly civilized and developed life. Indus people were the first to build planned cities with scientific drainage system. The Indus cities were built on an uniform plan....
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro each had its own citadel, which was probably occupied by members of the ruling class. Below the citadel in each city lay a lower town, which was inhibited by the common people. The houses in the cities followed the grid system. According to it, roads cut across one another almost at right angles. Water flowed from the houses to the streets which had covered drains. The street drains were equipped with manholes. They used burnt bricks in the Harappan cities.