The Indus Civilization c5.37

c5.37

Pottery vessels were found sunk in the floor of some of the kitchens, and into these waste water was thrown, which gradually ran away into the earth through a small perforation in the bottom of the jar. The use of the modern “serving-hatch” seems likely to have been known in those days, since in two instances a small room, thought to be a kitchen, communicated with a larger one by means of an aperture in the wall.