Features of Town Planning in Indus Valley Civilization
Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro and Kalibangan – uniformity in town planning.
- Cities – division – two parts. Citadel, western part – fortified with brick wall and raised on mud-brick platform – contained large structures having special functions -s administration, ritual practice etc.
- Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro – very large brick built structure- bed was made water-tight with bitumen. approachable through flight steps . A well in adjacent room was the source of water- corbel drainage- surrounded by porticos and sets of rooms. Purpose – ritual bathing of kings or priests.
- Granary in Mohenjo-Daro – baked brick work blocks – having criss-crossed ventilation- brick loading bay below granary to lift the grains . Circular platforms for threshing of crops.
- Assembly Hall with wooden columns erected on brick plinths.
- Long building with open courts onto which verandas from three sides met.
- Eastern part – lower town having residential areas.
- Residential areas – divided in to blocks. Houses were of varied size. Large houses + barrack style house (rich and labour)
- House plan – square courtyard surrounded by large number of rooms.
- Entrance to the houses were through narrow lanes which meet the streets at right angles. No windows opened in to street.
- straight streets running north to south. Staggered alignment
- well-developed sanitation system- Waste water from households to public drains through chutes – drains ran parallel to streets.
- Use of mud bricks or baked bricks of standard size for construction purposes. Large scale production of bricks
- Lower town also had workshops for pottery, kilns etc.
Harappan mohenjodaro and kalibangan uniformity in town planning•There are great bath of mohenjodaro and their structure has made water tight with bitumen and well adjacent room. The main purpose is ritual bathing king’s or priest then the division of cities into two parts citadel and western part. Granary in mohenjodaro who baked brick work blocks and they lift the grains through circular platform is made up for threshing of crops. In this time large number of production of grains . And their assembly of hall with wooden column erected on brick plinths.They are divided into many big areas and eastern part has lower Town having residential areas also divided into two parts large house and barrack style house which has belong to rich and poor people.poor leave in barrack style house and rich live in large house.Then their house is courtyard surrounded by large number of room. Straight streets running north to south.they had used well developed sanitation system and their waste water material from household to public drains through chutes drain ran parallel to street and lower Town had workshop of pottery kilns etc…
Town planning in uniformity of Harappa, Mohenjodaro & Kalibangan :-
The division of cities were in two parts. Citadel and eastern part, their mud brick platforms were contained large structures and they are fortified with brick wall. The great bath of Mohenjodaro were like a bed , which was built up of bitumen & large bricks. Source of water were corbel drainage in a well adjacent rooms . The purpose of these rooms were ritual bathing of king & priests.
The system of storage for granary in Mohenjodaro , was baked brick work blocks, which were having criss-crossed ventilation and the circular platforms for threshing crops & grains.
Assembly halls were erected on brick plinths with wooden columns. Their long buildings having verandas from three sides with open courts.
The other one is Eastern part has lower town with residential areas. Residential areas were divided into two blocks of houses having varied size. Large houses , barrack style house for rich & labours. The house planning of these towns were a square courtyard surrounded by the large number of rooms . Entrance of the houses were through the narrow lanes which were meet the streets at the right angles. Windows weren’t open to the street.
The straight streets of the town were running north to south . They had staggered alignment.
Town’s well developed sanitation system were outstanding . The waste water which were released by the households to public drains through parallel to streets.
For large scale production of bricks they use mud bricks on baked brick of standard size of construction. The lower town were also had the workshops for pottery , kilns etc .
Features of town planning in Indus valley civilization………
Cities of Indus valley were divided in two parts. citadel the western part is fortified with brick wall and raised on mud brick platform.This area contains large structures having special functions like S- administration & ritual practice etc. Great bath of mohanjodaro has a very large brick built structure. And a bed was made with water – tight with bitumen & approachable through flight step.This is used by kings and priests for their ritual bath .Baked brick word block having criss- cross ventilation loading bay below granary to lift the grains . In eastern part which is known as residential areas house were of varied size. Large house & barrack houses. Mohanjodaro, kalibanga having a well- developed sanitation system . Waste water from households to public drains through chutes .
𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻…….
In Harappa, Mohenjodaro and kalibangan uniformity cities divided were two parts, Citadel and western part. There great bath was make with very large brick built and structure like a bed. There was also a well (source of water) that surrounded by porticos and sets of room. Purpose of this room was ritual bathing of kings and priests… In Mohenjodaro granary was made with baked brick work block having a criss crossed ventilation. There was also a brick loading bay and a circular platforms for lifting grains and threshing crops… The Assembly hall of harappan civilization was made up of wooden columns with erected on brick plinths.
The lower part of Eastern part having residential areas that divided into blocks. House plan of the harappan citizens was square courtyard that surrounded by large numbers of rooms. Entrance of room was narrow lanes which met the streets at night angles with no window open into street.. Their sanitation system was well development. Waste water from house hold to public drains ran into chutes drains …For large scale construction of bricks they used mud bricks and baked bricks of standard size…