MOHENJO DARO

ANCIENT INDIAN CITY –TOWN PLANNING ASSIGNMENT

 MOHENJO DARO
 MOHENJODARO WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES OF ANCIENT INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION LASTED FROM 2600 BC TO
1700 BC , REDISCOVERED IN 1922
 LOCATION : WEST OF INDUS RIVER IN LARKANA DISTRICT ,SINDH ,PAKISTHAN
 AREA: 250 ha (650 acres)
 TYPE : ANCIENT URBAN SETTLEMENT
 POPULATION :35000-41000 2
SALIENT FEATURES
 IT HAD A PLANNED LAYOUT WITH RECTILINEAR BUILDINGS ARRANGED ON A GRID PLAN.
 IT WAS MADE OF BURNT AND MORTARED BRICK, SUN DRIED MUD BRICKS AND WOOEN
SUPER STRUCTURES.
 SITE WAS USUALLY RAISED OR BUILD ON MAN MADE PLATFORMS TO COMBAT WITH STREET VIEWS WITH DRAIN
FLOODING IN NEAR BY AREAS. AERIAL VIEW OF CITY
 CITY CAN BE SPLIT INTO TWO SECTIONS “UPPER ACROPOLIS” AND “LOWER TOWN”.
 IN THE EAST SIDE OF CITY IS LOWER TOWN THAT CONSISTED OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS
WERE AS IN WEST WAS UPPER ACROPOLIS THAT CONSISTED OF HIGH VALUE BUILDINGS
AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
 MAJOR STREETS WERE ALIGNED IN N-S DIRECTION AND THE STREETS WITHIN BUILD-UP
AREAS WERE NARROW
 3 BROAD DIVISIONS OF SETTLEMENTS :RELIGIOUS ,INSTITUTIONAL AND CULTURAL-
AROUND MONASTERY AND GREAT BATH IN WESTERN PATH INCLUDING TEMPLE.
 NORTH :PRINCIPALLY FOR INDUSTRIES AND AGRICULTURE , SOUTH: FOR ADMINISTRATION
TRADE AND COMMERCE
 BUILDING RANGES FROM 2 ROOM TO MANSIONS WITH MANY ROOM ,THERE WAS
UNDERGROUND SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE FROM HOUSES
 PUMPS (HELICAL) TO PUMP WATER TO GREAT BATH
 PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS WERE MONASTRY AND BATH INDICATING INFLUENCE OF RELIGION
AS A CULTURE
GREAT BATH CITADEL VIEW 3
MASTER PLAN

CITADEL PLAN
THANK YOU
SNEHA HARIDAS ,RINCY PETER, AARON SIMON