Harappa Presentation

8/18/2019 Harappa Presentation

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CIties, towns and villages during the Harappan

civilization, their management

My Topic of discussion :

Towns or villages during early Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization

Towns or villages during mature Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization

Towns or villages during late Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization

City walls and gateways

Great Public bath and Granary

Wells

4/9/16 Presentation by: Anirban Mandal


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Towns or villages during early Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization

The Early

Harappan Ravi

Phase, named afterthe nearby Ravi

River. It is related

to the Hakra

Phase, identified in

the ha!!ar"

Hakra River

#alley to the $est,

and predates

the %ot &i'i Phase

()*++)-++ /E,

Harappan )0,

named after a site

in northern 1indh,

Pakistan,

near Mohen'odaro

Ravi River

Ghaggar-Hakra River



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Cities, Towns or villages during mature Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization

y )-++ /E, the

Early Harappan

communities turnedinto lar!e urban

centres. 1uch urban

centres

include Harappa,aner

i$ala, Mohen'o"&aro in

modern"day Pakistan,

and &holavira, %aliban

!an, Rakhi!arhi, Rupar

, and 2othal in modern"

day India. In total,

more than 3,+4) cities

and settlements have

been found, mainly in

the !eneral re!ion of

the Indus Rivers and

their tributaries.


Planned to$ns and cities

of Mohen'odaro

#ie$ of ranary and reat Hall on Mound 5 in Harappa


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Towns or villages during late Harappan phase in Indus valley civilization

6round 3*++ /E,

si!ns of a !radual

decline be!an to

emer!e, and by

around 37++ /E,

most of the cities

$ere abandoned. In

3849, 1ir Mortimerheeler proposed

that the decline of

the Indus

/ivili;ation $as

caused by the

invasion of an Indo"European tribe from

/entral 6sia called

the


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City walls and gateways -


>ou can see that

&holavira has a

clear !eometrical

layout, ?uite unlike

the more random

patterns of the

older cities. Its

rebuildin! in )4++

/E $as centrally

planned and

directed. hat look

like rivers on that

plan are seasonaldraina!es for

monsoon rain, very

shallo$ and dry for

most of the year.Citadel


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City walls and gateways - !


6 di!ital reconstruction @f the &holavira

/itadel


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City walls and gateways - "


Mud Bricks At Dholavira in Rann o !utch


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City walls and gateways -#


1un baked bricks

veneered

$ith locally

available limestone

locks.

ate$ays on

cardinal direction.

6t least ei!ht

!ate$ays have

been noticed at

&holavira.


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City walls and gateways -$


6 Planned settlement at %aliban!an a Harappan site


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City walls and gateways -%


Aorth ate$ay @f &holavira


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City walls and gateways -%


6t Harappa a

se?uence of fourdrains built one

after the other has

been found eBitin!

the city at the main

6TE6>

bet$een Mound Eand Mound ET. "ome drainsappear to have#een providedwith wooden

sluice gate orperhaps a grillto keep peoplerom secretl$entering intothe walled cit$


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reat Public ath and ranary"3


reat ath

reat ath (3)B

7 B ).4 m0

and reat Hall

se?uence " reat

ath drain

cuts throu!h the

ed!e of the

platform of the

reat Hall

ranary $ith air ducts or air passa!e2oadin! Platform


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reat Public ath and ranary")


6 di!ital

Reconstruction of the

reat Public ath

6 closer vie$

of the reat

ath of

Mohen'odaro


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reat ath and ranary"9


ranary at

Mohen'odaro at

south $esterncorner of reat

athC on top of a

tapered brick

platformC a solid

brick foundation

measures 4+B)Dm

$ith )7 s?uare and

rectan!ular blocks

separated by

narro$ passa!esC

some blocks had

s?uare sockets for

holdin! $ooden

beams or pillars.


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Wells-


Well at Lothal in Gujrat


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Wells-!


Private $ells, oval and

pipal leaf shaped

6t Mohen'o"daro, most houses or

blocks of houses had at least oneprivate $ell ( 7++ $ells0.


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