An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c9.s9.7

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Of all the Indus sites excavated so far, Mohenjo-daro is by far the largest. As already stated it has two components, the 'Lower Town' on the e. and the 'Citadel' on the w. The former, covering an area approximately 1070 m n.-s. and 685 m e.-w., had several criss-cross streets, the widest of which was as much as 10 m in width. The houses, made of kiln-burnt bricks, usually comprised a courtyard around which were located four to six living rooms, a bath-room and a kitchen. In larger houses there could be as many as 30 rooms. For the supply of fresh water many of the houses had their own wells. The presence of staircases in some of the houses suggests that these may have been double-storeyed.