Sindh Historical Place Mohenjo-Daro![](https://i0.wp.com/1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fkio8DgLogE/VqHug2aTbtI/AAAAAAAAAVI/FlXqGKqMr3g/s320/Mohenjo%2BDaro.jpg)
The architecture of Mohenjo-Daro site provides simply the glimpse of urban infrastructure which those persons had in their rimes. It was evident because of their much planned framework which was mainly based on a street grid for providing the modern and established rectilinear buildings. Most of the construction at that period was done by utilizing the mortared and the fired bricks. There are some traces found of wooden structures and also the use of sun-dried mud brick in various construction projects. The covered place of the location is about 300 hectares. The population of Mohenjo-Daro with a slight estimation of their peak time was about 40,000.
The huge geographical place of Mohenjo-Daro and the decent facilities and the public buildings of that period provide an indication of having a top level social arrangement of that time. The city of Mohenjo-Daro is categorized into 2 parts which are the Lower city and the Citadel city. The names are fictitious due to deficiency of proofs. In the Citadel city, there is a mud brick mound that is twelve meter in height. It is also called to have the public toilets and a huge residential structure which can settle 5000 persons at a time. Furthermore, 2 spacious assembly halls were also there which were utilized for many purposes. The Citadel city also had the general market place. The people and also the groups of households utilized the wells for satisfying their water requirements. The waste water was wisely challenged to cover all the drains going through the prominent lanes/streets.
Some of the residential complexes which belonged to the rich inhibitors of the period used to have attached bathroom with rooms. There were also some traces discovered of an underground furnace which most potentially was used for heated bathing. Most of the residential complexes at the time had courtyards along with the doors which opened towards the side-streets. Furthermore, there were numerous houses which were double-storey.
It was during the excavation of the year 1950, led Sir Mortimer Wheeler who really recognized a huge structure as the “Great Granary”. It was a large wooden structure with wooden wall categories which served them as a grain storage place. The complexes, astonishingly, also had the air ducts foe the purpose to dry the grains. In accordance to Sir Wheeler, people utilized carts for bringing grain from rural and far areas and the offload grain straightly in the storage bays. Just beside to the Great Granary is an enormous public bath which is also known as Great Bath sometimes.