write the special features of the great bath of mohenjo daro
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Archaeologists believe that the Bath provided some form a ritual utility and people bathed in it with a spiritual meaning - that perhaps had a spiritual cleansing effect on the being of the bathers.
If we look for a similarity with the present day Hindu beliefs, water is said to have purifying qualities - it has a greater spiritual meaning. And is commonly used in ritual purposes.
Also, many Hindu temples, especially in South India have temple tanks. And many of the rivers such as Ganga are considered sacred.
Though we still don't have complete understanding about the spiritual beliefs of the Harappans, it is believed that they were close to Nature - and especially Water - afterall the river Indus was their lifeline..
So, water could have had a spiritual and ritual meaning for the Harrapans too, and hence, the best explanation we currently have is that the Great Bath served a ritual purpose.
The presence of room like structure all around the Bath gives it a picture that is different from an ordinary pool.
This is the best conjecture that we currently have till the time we come to know more about the spiritual life of Harappans.
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The Great Bath is one of the well-known structures among the ruins of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization at Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, Pakistan. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Great Bath was built in the 3rd millennium BCE, soon after the raising of the "citadel" mound on which it is located.