Sanitation

Ancient Indus civilization sanitation related facilities.

Earthen Sump Jar

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Sink for collection of water in the form of an earthen jar with channel cut out of a brick. A jar, numbered A (f) 160,insitu. Sahni mentions a large earthen jar near a bathing platform in Trench A (f), near the circular structures: “Another little

Toilet, HR area

Toilets would have been an essential feature in Mohenjo-daro, but the early excavators identified most toilets as post-cremation burial urns or sump pots. This brick structure (one of two - see Slide 48) had a hole in the top that was connected to a

Drain chute, DK-G Area

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.

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