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Mohen-jo-daro has a planned layout based on a grid of streets, with structures constructed of bricks of baked mud, sun dried bricks.

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13 Mohen-jo-daro has a planned layout based on a grid of streets, with structures constructed of bricks of baked mud, sun dried bricks and burned wood. At its height the city probably had around 35,000 residents. It had an advanced drainage system, a variety of buildings up to two stories high and an elaborate bath area. Being an agricultural city, it also featured a large well, granary, and central marketplace. Perhaps most unexpected, it even had a building with an underground furnace (hypocaust), possibly for heated bathing similar to those Baths built by Roman.

14 Top view inside a water well. A downward spiral staircase is visible that was used to clean the water and surface by professional cleaners. Even today, same style water wells are in daily use in rural areas of Sindh. Two-story water wells. One in each block of flats/houses.

15 Other side of the outlet drain opening of great bath. A view from inside the drain opening

16 Huge grain house-hold storage pots with narrow opening at bottom. Huge grain storage pots, granaries, large residential building block and several assembly halls were also on the upper level.

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