1. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa
Photographs of ancient cities

2. Historians often find evidence of life in ancient times based on artifacts that they find.
Although historians did not find written records of a government existing in the IRV (Indus River Valley), there are clues that give historians information that there must have been a sense of leadership and government within the cities of the IRV.

4. Grid view of Mohenjo-Daro

5. Street in Mohenjo-Daro

7. What do you notice?
On a post-it or piece of paper, jot down what you notice about the three pictures we just saw
You can write about the way the city is laid out, the bricks, the streets

8. Bricks of nearly equal size

9. The Great Bath

11. Sewer system

12. Public well in Harappa

13. What do you notice?
Jot down what you notice about the sewer and drainage systems of Harappa.
What are your thoughts about an ancient civilization having such advanced drainage systems?

14. Cities built to protect
Both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were large cities for their time
They had as many as 35,000 people living in each city
A fortress was built to protect residents
Walls surrounded each neighborhood

15. Most houses had flat roofs with many rooms such as bathrooms inside of the house
Wells supplied water, and water flowed to drains in the streets

16. People who lived in the cities built large granaries to store food for the entire city
Why would something like a granary be important for a civilization?
What does this remind you of?

17. Evidence of government
Based on what you learned about the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, how can you tell that they had a government?
Brainstorm with your partner and jot down some ideas that prove that through building such impressive cities, both cities clearly had a government

18. Evidence of government
Cities were set up like a grid for easy navigating (straight streets)
Bricks were all of similar size
They created a sewer system
Granaries were created to store food for the entire city