The Indus Civilization c5.44

c5.44

Numbers of saddle-querns and curry-stones, on which grain was ground and herbs pounded, have been discovered in the courtyards of Mohenjo-daro, for the latter would be the scene of household work, cooking, sewing and other tasks whenever the weather permitted, just as in the East to-day. Animals may have been kept there as well, for feeding-bins have also been unearthed; but it is doubtful if the larger animals were housed for the night in the courtyards, as the size of the city seems to be against it. I have already stated that the doorways are sometimes so large that it is quite possible that they were intended for pack-animals as well as pedestrians. Oxen and donkeys were doubtless used extensively for transport purposes in so large a trading community, but there is no evidence that the existence of the camel was even known to the people of the Indus valley.