Main features of Harappan Civilisation

1. Disha Boro
Ankita Das
Harkharaj Das
Gourav Kakoti
Deepak Mondal
Pakiza Begum
Chandamita Kakoti
Vikash Giri

2. The harappan civisation was characterised by certain common
features which set it apart from all the other cultures of that time.
For example at almost every site archaeologists have found a
unique pottery , red pottery painted with black designs known as
Red and Black Ware

3. The Harappan culture
distinguished by its system of town
planning.
Below the citadel lay a lower
town containing brick houses,
which were inhabited by common
people. The remarkable thing
about the arrangement of the
houses is that they followed the
grid system

4. They were quite straight and intersected
each other at right angles, thus dividing
the city in large rectangular blocks or grids
.This rectangular town planning was a
unique feature and was not known in
mesopotamia or Egypt.

5. Standardised burnt brick of good
quality, like the ones we use today,
were used building material for houses
.the houses of varying sizes, often of
two or more storeys, consisted of
rooms constructed around a
rectangular courtyard .In almost all
cities, every big or small houses had
its own courtyrad and bathroom .In
Kalibangan ,many houses had their own

6. The drainage system of indus cities was
very impressive. Water flowed from the
houses to the streets ,which had drains .
Sometimes, these drains were covered
with bricks and sometimes with stone
slabs. The street drains were equipped
with manholes. The remains of drains
have also been Banawali .

7. The drainage system
of Harappa is vary
unique which indicates
that Harappans paid a
good deal a good deal
of attention to health

8.  One of the largest buildings so far discovered
and the most important public place at
Mohenjodaro is the Great Bath, comprising a
tank made of beautiful brick work .it measure
11.88*7.1 metres and is 2.43 metres deep . At
the north and south ends of the Great Bath
,bricks steps led to the bottom of the tank
,which could be emptied by a drain.It is
suggested that the Great Bath was meant for
some elaborate ritual of vital important for the
people .

9. To the west of the Great Bath ,there lay a large
granary,origilnally 150 feet long and 75 feet
wide.It was used for storing the corn . In the
citadel at Harappa, we find as six granaries,
each measuring 15.23 metres * 6.09 metres.

10. Discovered by S R Rao in 1954, Lothal at the
head of the Gulf of Cambay it Gujarat has
revealed a great artificial platform with streets
and houses of regular plan .A brick dockyard
,connected with the Gulf of Cambay by a
chnnal,has also been discovered here.Thus,
Lothal was the chief port city of Harappan
Civilisation in all probability.