The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c10.37

c10.37

A hundred yards north of the "platform" area, and itself within a hundred yards of the river-bed, lay the remarkable group of granaries which supplies a key to the whole lay-out (pl. V). These granaries, each 50 × 20 ft. overall, are ranged symmetrically in two rows of six, with a central passage 23 ft. wide. They are built upon a podium of rammed mud some 4 ft. high, revetted along parts of the eastern and western sides and the whole of the southern end with baked bricks stepped back to form a battered face, like the revetment of the citadel defences. Incidentally, the continuous revetment along the southern end and the absence of space at the sides prove that the approach was on the north, i.e. from the river-bank, suggesting the use of water-transport for incoming or outgoing supplies of grain.