The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c10.31

c10.31

The two lines of small oblong dwellings were incomplete at both ends. Traces of seven survive in the northern line and eight in the southern. They were fronted, backed and separated laterally by lanes 3-4 ft. wide, and were apparently enclosed within a compound wall, still partially standing on the northern and southern sides. Each little detached house or tenement was was about 56 × 24 ft. overall, and was entered through an oblique passage designed to secure privacy. Within were two rooms, or a court and a room, with floors partially brick-paved. Though much disguised alike by brick-robbing and by overlying constructions, it is evident that the original scheme was both distinctive and uniform, and was in fact a piece of government planning.