The Indus Civilization c5.48

c5.48

Although the people must have lived in extremely cramped conditions in the later days of Mohenjo-daro, it is more than likely that the very poor did not live in the city at all, but dwelt outside it in daub-and-wattle huts of which, it is likely, no trace remains. It will not be possible to confirm this theory until further excavation has been done, for a considerable amount of alluvium has been deposited by the river, and the remains of such huts, if they existed at all, must be buried many feet deep. In any case, the cultivators of the fields and gardens around the city would have lived in near-by villages, very similar to those now existing in the neighbourhood.