ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE · 01

Streets and drains of Mohenjo-daro

Mohenjo-daro combined streets, wells, baths and drains.

Museum documentation · free public access, no account required.

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History and context

Its inhabitants maintained and modified these installations for a long time: the city was not built all at once following a plan that never changed.

Evidence and interpretation

Synthesis based on UNESCO · Mohenjo-daro; UNESCO · Dholavira; National Museum India · Dancing Girl. The comparison serves to formulate questions, not to fill gaps in the record with certainties.

Catalogue facts

Civilisation or trajectory: Indus / Harappa
Scope: Building and Power
Main area: Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Dholavira and an extensive network between Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan and Gujarat.

A closer look

About 1 min to read · 1 section. Further reading and sources · free access. Editorial review recorded: September 5, 2026.

A house was reorganised from its floors

The proposed latrines at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro contain small jars, sunken receptacles and surfaces that were renewed. Kenoyer observes that several were distinguished from bathing areas. This domestic scale completes the street plan: urban functioning depended on how each dwelling conducted, absorbed and withdrew liquids. Successive floor layers allow repeated actions to be followed that a monumental elevation does not show. Maintenance thus left its own stratigraphy within reduced spaces, linked to the daily use of houses.

Research · Harappa · Kenoyer, The First LatrinesAccess recorded: September 5, 2026.

Location and territory

REGIONAL AREA

Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Gujarat within an urban networkPunjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Gujarat within an urban network. The footprint marks the indicative center of the area, not a border or an exact point.

Sources and references

Consult the sources of this cultural synthesis

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