The main street running north south along the east edge of the Great Bath ends with this unique brick platform. The hollow sockets would have held wooden beams that may have formed a gate or traffic control device. A small alley leads directly east … >

The northeastern sector of Mohenjo-daro was excavated by K. N. Dikshit and designated DK-G area. Pathways allow visitors to visit the excavations, and an unexcavated portion of the site in the right foreground show what the site looked like prior to… >

Each block of buildings at Mohenjo-Daro was supplied with one or more wells such as this one in DK-G Area. When archaeologists excavated the fill around the well they were left standing to show the final levels of use. >

The northeastern sector of Mohenjo-daro was excavated by K. N. Dikshit and designated DK-G area. Pathways allow visitors to visit the excavations, and an unexcavated portion of the site in the right foreground show what the site looked like prior to… >

Many of the buildings at Mohenjo-daro had two or more stories. Water from the roof and upper storey bathrooms was carried through enclosed terracotta pipes or open chutes that emptied out onto the street, such as this one on a house in DK-G Area. (S… >

One relatively successful low cost techniques used to combat the destructive nature of salts in the fired bricks is to cover the walls with a thick layer of mud and straw plaster and to spray them with clay slurry. When the salts percolate to the su… >

Mackay writes about the large building in Block 22 (p. 152): "At the floor level of the Late II Phase this building measured 51 feet 3 inches, North-South, by 56 ft. long at the north and about 54 feet 9 ins. at the south. The thickness of its wa… >

This general view of DK-G area shows multiple walls built at different time and two wells that were used up until the last phase of occupation. >

Mackay continues about the building in Block 22 (p. 153): "There are, for instance, two footings, each about 6 ins. Wide, along the southern side of room 3, the lower one 8.3 ft. and the other 6.2 ft. below datum, with a doorway above them at the… >

This view into two small rooms shows tapered walls that were built to support a second floor. Later rooms were built directly on top of these walls because they provided a strong foundation. The wall of the building across the street shows multiple … >