The Indus Civilization (Cambridge History of India, Supplementary Volume) c11.s1.26

c11.s1.26

To the east of the high citadel at Mohenjo-daro, as at Harappā, lie the lower (though still considerable) mounds which represent the Lower City. Here at neither site have clear traces of fortification been discovered; at Harappā they have not been looked for with the spade, and at Mohenjo-daro search has been of the scantiest. At the latter site indeed a tall structure of uncertain date with a reinforced mud-brick core has been tentatively recognized as “a small fort on the city-wall”.² Beside it a “*ghat*-like staircase” led down at least as far as the present water-level, and, as already noted, it has been suspected that a branch of the river ran hereabouts. Extending [Figure: MOHENJO-DARO HR. AREA A&B SECTIONS Scale in feet 0 20 40 60 80 100]