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being washed away with the water. Drains were houses had a central courtyard around which
constructed on either side of the roads. They
were covered with slabs of stone which could be
removed in order to clean them.
Drain
This was the bath area at Mohejodaro. What do you
notice about the floor? Do you find anything similar
to your bath area?
Clothing
The discovery of large number of spindles proves
the use of cotton for weaving social cloths. Wool
was also used. The garments might have been
sewn. Both men and women used two pieces of
cloth. The men folk wore lower garment like
dhoti and upper garment like shawl. The upper
garment wrapped the left shoulder. Female attire
was the same as that of men. Men wore long
hair, parted in the middle and kept tidy at the
back. The women of Indus valley usually wore
long hair in a braid with fan-shaped bow at the
end. The females of the Indus valley had a taste
for culture like their modern sisters. The “vanity
case” and the toilet jars found at Harappa con-
sisted of ivory powder, face-paint and many
other varieties of cosmetics.
Houses
The houses varied from two rooms to twenty
rooms. Some might have been two-storeyed. The
houses were made of burnt bricks. Most of the
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rooms were made. The courtyard may have been
used for grinding spices as the mortar and pestle
have been found there. Every area. Look at the
kitchen with a circular oven.
There were also dustbins so that no garbage was
littered. The houses had drainpipes that were
connected to the main drain. The walls were
plastered and the floors were paved. On the
whole, people seemed to have had comfortable
living quarters.
Remains of a Kitchen with a Circular
Oven in the Background
Communication and Intelligence
The large number of seals engraved with letters
presents the idea that there was high percentage
of literacy among the Indus people. The drainage
system also speaks of their cleanliness and public
hygiene. The seals, the terracotta figurines, the
images of dancing girls prove the artistic taste of
the Indus men.
Children and Toys
We do not know if children went to school. They
might have helped their parents in their work.
They amused themselves with marbles, some
kind of a game with dice and clay models of
birds and animals, toy carts, whistles and rattles
and toy carts that move.
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