Mohenjo-daro: Reconstruction of house, with Indus Valley civilization objects arranged around it, Mohenjo-daro, Museum
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Herbert E, Budek Films and mounted transparencys, Santa Barbara, California
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The typical house in the city of Mohenjo-daro was one of many arranged in rows predominantly sited on lanes and measuring about 27 feet by 29 feet or twice this size, Each house was partitioned into several rooms including a separate kitchen, bathroom and storage rooms around a courtyard, Entrances usually faced the lane rather than the street providing, thus, both safety and privacy, The doors were closed by means of shutters made of wood, Mud brick baked into hardened units was used quite exclusively with very little if any building executed in stone, Pillars made of brick were rare, those found were either square or rectangular: none were round, At the interior of the house, the floors were not covered but made of beaten earth with the exception of the bathroom, which displayed very careful masonry of fitted bricks, Each house was connected by clay pipes to the city's main drainage unit, and each had its own supply of fresh water stored in well-fitted brick-lined cisterns,
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Basham Collection
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1968
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