[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Indus Civilization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935) › c5.44 # The Indus Civilization c5.44 The Indus Civilization c5.44 - **Language:** English ### [c5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.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. - [Previous: c5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c5.43) - [Next: c5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c5.45) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c5.44) · Pramāṇa