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L-Area Mohenjo-daro excavations.

Room in between L and SD Areas

  • Mohenjo-daro, Room in between L and SD Areas

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… >

Corbelled Drain exiting the Great Bath

  • Mohenjo-daro, Corbelled Drain exiting the Great Bath

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. >

Looking out from inside the drain

  • Mohenjo-daro, Looking out from inside the drain

The corbelled arch drain from the great bath is large enough to walk into. It has a small ledge on either side of the actual drain channel. >

L Area as seen from the Stupa Mound

  • Mohenjo-daro, L Area as seen from the Stupa Mound

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… >

L Area

  • Mohenjo-daro L Area

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. >

Pillared Hall, L Area

  • Mohenjo-daro Pillared Hall, L Area

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… >

Pillared Hall, L Area

  • Mohenjo-daro, Pillared Hall, L Area

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. >

College Building Courtyard, SD Area

  • Mohenjo-daro, College Building Courtyard, SD Area

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… >

Limestone drain covers, SD Area

  • Mohenjo-daro, Limestone drain covers, SD Area

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, SD Area

  • Mohenjo-daro, Covered Drain, SD Area

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

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