The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c10.1

c10.1

Harappā, the type-site of the Indus civilization, is to-day a large village in the Montgomery district of the Punjab, 15 miles west-south-west of the district-town. It overlies and adjoins the mounds of the ancient city, which appears to have had a circuit of not less than 3 miles, though the more emphatic mounds occupy a consider- [Figure: SITE PLAN OF MOHENJO-DARO SITE PLAN OF HARAPPĀ HARAPPĀ EXCAVATED BUILDINGS & CEMETERY FORTIFICATION INVESTIGATED IN 1946 INFERRED FORTIFICATION SCALE OF FEET SCALE OF METRES MUD BRICK EXPOSURES MARKED FIG. 4. Comparative lay-out of Mohenjo-daro and Harappā.]