The Indus Civilization c5.10

c5.10

The excavated minor streets of Mohenjo-daro are much more impressive in appearance than the wider ones, as the buildings on the former are so much better preserved, a state of affairs due entirely to the rains which for centuries have poured down the wider streets and gradually reduced the height of the walls on either side. In spite of this, the walls of the principal street now stand some eighteen feet high, and will stand much higher when further digging has been done, as they obviously go still deeper into the soil. Some of the walls in the narrower streets are now over twenty-five feet high (Pl. E, c), though here also the lowest levels of the city have not yet been exposed.