The Indus Civilization c5.23

c5.23

The thickness of most of the walls—whether of houses or public buildings—suggests that they were two or more stories in height, and in many cases the presence of square or rectangular holes indicates where the beams were laid across to form the upper floors and roof. Upon these beams, some of which were of very large size, reed-matting was spread, and this, in its turn, was covered with a thick coating of mud. In several places where it was obvious that a fire had occurred, slabs of mud from the roof, found baked hard, actually bore the impression of the matting; even the cords with which the reeds of the matting were tied together had left their impress.