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Harappan Architecture – 2500 to 1800 BC

February 6, 2023 by admin Leave a Comment

Common Features

  1. Indigenous and Independent
  2. Concentration on the utility factor over the artistic factor

Sites

  1. Harappa
  2. Mohenjodaro
  3. Ropar
  4. Kalibangan
  5. Lothal
  6. Rangpur

Town Planning

  • Unity in diversity is the theme
  • Cities are divided into (not all)
    • Citadels – for the ruling class
    • Lower Town – for ordinary people
  • Variations of town planning in different sites due to geography
    • Mohenjodaro, Harappa, Kalibanga – citadel fortified
    • Mohenjodaro – burnt bricks
    • kalibangan – mud bricks
    • Kotdiji & Amri – no fortification
    • Lothal – no division of the city
  • Grid pattern – streets cut at the right angle
  • Sanitation measures – houses connected t main drainage through small drains and drains covered by loose slabs to allow cleaning

Housing Pattern

  • Baked Clay Bricks
  • Fixed-size
  • Use of stone and wood
  • It included toilets, upper stories, a courtyard and well

Imp. Architectural Structures

  • Great Bath – Mohenjadaro
    • stairs, changing rooms, waterproofing
  • Granaries – Mohe & Harappa
    • air ducts, platform, in the citadel
  • Dockyard – Lothal
    • lock-gate system for stable water level

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