Harappan Culture: Mohenjo-Daro

Question 1

Indus River Valley

Answer 1

• river
• desert region
• silt (twice as much as the Nile)
• flooding (spring)
• delta
• irrigation
• transportation

Question 2

excavated houses

Answer 2

• big and small with different rooms, spaces for windows and doors - most had drains to take away dirty water, like our households today

Question 3

well

Answer 3

• as houses were built on top of old houses, people built the wells higher so they could still reach water

Question 4

underground drains - you can walk in it

Answer 4

• sloped narrow drains along the streets, some covered

- solid waste collected in square brick pits