L Area Mohenjo-daro

Standing on the edge of the mud brick drum of the Buddhist Stupa, one looks south to L Area. The courtyard of the stupa has cells of the associated monastery, and below these are Indus buildings. In the foreground are a well and a pathway leading to… >

Some buildings in L area are constructed on top of a massive mud brick platform that can be seen here as grey-olive mud brick below the eroding red fired bricks. >

The pillared hall was approximately 27.5 meters square (90 feet square) with twenty square brick pillars arranged in four rows, only two of which are still preserved. Strips of paved floors sloped from south to north and each strip of flooring had r… >

Close-up view of the pillared hall, which may have been a hall of assembly with paved walkways and places for people to sit in ordered rows along each aisle between massive brick pillars. >

A large open space or courtyard (10 meters square) is surrounded by a wall that had 13 openings, possibly for windows. This unique structure is situated in the northern part of an extremely large building complex containing around 78 rooms and passa… >

This large drain was partly covered along its length with large flat blocks made out of limestone from the Rohri hills, which are located to the north and on the other side of the Indus River. >

Covered Drain emptying down slope on major street leading to the Great Bath. >

This street, called Divinity Street by the early excavators, has a small drain with brick coverings. The street runs north south along the east side of the College building. The massive walls on the right are the edges of houses buried beneath the B… >

Narrow brick walls define the outlines of a small room or courtyard in the low-lying area between L and SD Areas on the Citadel Mound. A standard size of mud brick and baked brick (7 x 14 x 28 cm) was used in house construction, and a different size… >

This drain cuts through the edge of the so-called granary. If the entire drain were constructed along with the Great Bath, this feature would indicate that the original "granary" was built before the great bath. >