NAME OF THE GROUP MEMBERSDisha Boro

Ankita DasHarkharaj Das

Gourav KakotiDeepak Mondal

Pakiza BegumChandamita Kakoti

Vikash Giri

MAIN FEATURES OF THE HARAPPN CIVILISATION 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

TOWN PLANNING AND GRID SYSTEM 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

GRID SYSTEM 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.

HOUSES 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 well.

DRAINAGE SYSTEM 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 .

DRAINAGE SYSTEMThe drainage system of Harappa is vary unique which indicates that Harappans paid a good deal a good deal of attention to health and cleanliness

GREAT BATH 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 .

GRANARY 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.

BRICK DOCKYARD 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.

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