LIFE IN THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY

Mohenjo-Daro was a planned city built above ground level

Details of the Mohenjo-daro citadel: 1 College 2 Bath 3 Rooms (guest rooms?) 4 Loading platform and granary 5 Drain 6 Residence for priests (?) 7 Assembly hall 8 Temple complex(?) 9 Bastions (of baked brick) 10 Tower (of baked brick) 11 Mud-brick embankment 12 Stairs

Buildings were laid out in blocks

Citadel was at city’s highest point

Clay pipes under the streets carried waste from homes and buildings.

City was active with merchants, artisans, and traders

OTHER PICTURES FROM MOHENJO-DARO

This is a view out over the public baths, and foundations of other buildings.

Aryan Invasion Migrated from central Asia through passes through the Hindu Kush Became rulers Set up the Caste system