Mohenjo-Daro was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization located in present-day Pakistan. Some key features of the ancient planned city included a lower town built on platforms, a drainage system with drains laid beneath streets, and a citadel area consisting of large public buildings. The site covers over 250 acres and archaeological evidence shows the city had planned construction with consideration for quality bricks and infrastructure.

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Mohenjo-daro, Larkana, Sindh
• Mohenjo-Daro was one of the largest cities
of ancient Indus Valley Civilization lasted
from 2600 B.C. to 1700B.C
• Mohenjo-Daro was discovered in
1922 by R. D. Banerji
• Founded: 26–25th century BCE.
• The site covers an area of over 250 acres
(100 hectares).
• The Indus river is currently situated to the
east of the site.

3. • The distinctive features of Mohenjo
Daro can be summarized as
• Planned City
• Lower town
• Drainage system
• The Citadel
• Animals
• Architecture
• Bricks
• Streets
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Planned City:
Mohenjo-Daro was also planned
city having two parts.
1. One part was small which
was built on a higher place
and was designed as Citadel
2. And other part was large
which was built on a lower
place
• Lower town -
 It was also called walled town because most of the buildings
were built on platforms which were considered as Foundation
stones.
 It required huge quantity of labor and at first, the plans were
made and then implemented.
 The proof of planning can be found by observing the quality
of bricks.
 Sometimes Sun-dried bricks were used and sometimes
baked bricks.
 This type of bricks was also used in Harappan civilization.

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3. Drainage system - It had a well-planned
drainage system
• It seems that streets featuring drains were laid
out before building the houses so that the
domestic water from every house good at least
have one wall along the street.
4. The Citadel- It consisted of various buildings which
were used for special public purposes like great bath,
etc.