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CIties, towns and villages during the Harappan
civilization, their management
My Topic of discussion :
Towns or villages during early Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization
Towns or villages during mature Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization
Towns or villages during late Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization
City walls and gateways
Great Public bath and Granary
Wells
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Towns or villages during early Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization
The Early
Harappan Ravi
Phase, named afterthe nearby Ravi
River. It is related
to the Hakra
Phase, identified in
the ha!!ar"
Hakra River
#alley to the $est,
and predates
the %ot &i'i Phase
()*++)-++ /E,
Harappan )0,
named after a site
in northern 1indh,
Pakistan,
near Mohen'odaro
Ravi River
Ghaggar-Hakra River
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Cities, Towns or villages during mature Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization
y )-++ /E, the
Early Harappan
communities turnedinto lar!e urban
centres. 1uch urban
centres
include Harappa,aner
i$ala, Mohen'o"&aro in
modern"day Pakistan,
and &holavira, %aliban
!an, Rakhi!arhi, Rupar
, and 2othal in modern"
day India. In total,
more than 3,+4) cities
and settlements have
been found, mainly in
the !eneral re!ion of
the Indus Rivers and
their tributaries.
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Planned to$ns and cities
of Mohen'odaro
#ie$ of ranary and reat Hall on Mound 5 in Harappa
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Towns or villages during late Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization
6round 3*++ /E,
si!ns of a !radual
decline be!an to
emer!e, and by
around 37++ /E,
most of the cities
$ere abandoned. In
3849, 1ir Mortimerheeler proposed
that the decline of
the Indus
/ivili;ation $as
caused by the
invasion of an Indo"European tribe from
/entral 6sia called
the
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City walls and gateways -
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>ou can see that
&holavira has a
clear !eometrical
layout, ?uite unlike
the more random
patterns of the
older cities. Its
rebuildin! in )4++
/E $as centrally
planned and
directed. hat look
like rivers on that
plan are seasonaldraina!es for
monsoon rain, very
shallo$ and dry for
most of the year.Citadel
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6 di!ital reconstruction @f the &holavira
/itadel
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Mud Bricks At Dholavira in Rann o !utch
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1un baked bricks
veneered
$ith locally
available limestone
locks.
ate$ays on
cardinal direction.
6t least ei!ht
!ate$ays have
been noticed at
&holavira.
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6 Planned settlement at %aliban!an a Harappan site
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Aorth ate$ay @f &holavira
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6t Harappa a
se?uence of fourdrains built one
after the other has
been found eBitin!
the city at the main
6TE6>
bet$een Mound Eand Mound ET. "ome drainsappear to have#een providedwith wooden
sluice gate orperhaps a grillto keep peoplerom secretl$entering intothe walled cit$
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reat Public ath and ranary"3
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reat ath
reat ath (3)B
7 B ).4 m0
and reat Hall
se?uence " reat
ath drain
cuts throu!h the
ed!e of the
platform of the
reat Hall
ranary $ith air ducts or air passa!e2oadin! Platform
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reat Public ath and ranary")
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6 di!ital
Reconstruction of the
reat Public ath
6 closer vie$
of the reat
ath of
Mohen'odaro
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reat ath and ranary"9
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ranary at
Mohen'odaro at
south $esterncorner of reat
athC on top of a
tapered brick
platformC a solid
brick foundation
measures 4+B)Dm
$ith )7 s?uare and
rectan!ular blocks
separated by
narro$ passa!esC
some blocks had
s?uare sockets for
holdin! $ooden
beams or pillars.
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Wells-
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Well at Lothal in Gujrat
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Wells-!
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Private $ells, oval and
pipal leaf shaped
6t Mohen'o"daro, most houses or
blocks of houses had at least oneprivate $ell ( 7++ $ells0.
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Thank You..!!
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