The Indus Civilization c6.35

c6.35

No evidence is as yet forthcoming whether the river Indus was venerated in prehistoric times in the same way that all the great rivers of India were, and are, regarded as holy by the Hindu in historic times and at the present day. It seems certain, however, that water entered largely into the religious observances of the Indus valley, for, in addition to the great bath of Mohenjo-daro described in Chapter II, there were bathrooms attached to nearly every house in both cities. Purification by water must have been an essential part of the ritual of the people, as indeed it still is in modern India.