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    The document discusses the early use of grid plans in urban planning in ancient civilizations. Specifically, it mentions that the cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, located in the Indus Valley in present-day Pakistan, employed grid-based designs for their streets as early as 2600 BC, with blocks divided into smaller lanes in perfect right angles running north-south and east-west. Mohenjo-Daro was the largest of the many grid-planned settlements that existed in the region from 2600 to 1900 BC.

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    The document discusses the early use of grid plans in urban planning in ancient civilizations. Specifically, it mentions that the cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, located in the Indus Valley in present-day Pakistan, employed grid-based designs for their streets as early as 2600 BC, with blocks divided into smaller lanes in perfect right angles running north-south and east-west. Mohenjo-Daro was the largest of the many grid-planned settlements that existed in the region from 2600 to 1900 BC.

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    The document discusses the early use of grid plans in urban planning in ancient civilizations. Specifically, it mentions that the cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, located in the Indus Valley in present-day Pakistan, employed grid-based designs for their streets as early as 2600 BC, with blocks divided into smaller lanes in perfect right angles running north-south and east-west. Mohenjo-Daro was the largest of the many grid-planned settlements that existed in the region from 2600 to 1900 BC.

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    The grid in the ancient world

    Preclassical antiquity:
    Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
    Babylon

    By 2600 BC, Mohenjo-


    daro in the Indus Valley
    (present-day Pakistan) was
    built with blocks divided by a
    grid of straight streets, laid
    out in perfect right angles,
    running north-south and
    east-west. Each block was
    subdivided by small lanes.
    Mohenjo-Daro was the
    largest of many grid-plan
    towns and villages that
    existed in the region from
    2600-1900 BC

    16-10-2019 PROF.PAVANIKA A PATIL 26

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