Tuesday, July 14, 2009

The Great Bath in Indus Valley (Mohenjodaro)

backGreat Bath and Granary, SD Area back
The Great Bath is along a north-south street.It has a drain covered with limestone blocks. This is the so-called Granary, whereas in the foreground are the walls of many domestic structures.


backGreat Bath, SD Area, looking north back
The Great Bath has two wide staircases, one from the north and the other one from the south. The floor of the tank is watertight because of the finely fitted bricks build with gypsum plaster. Brick colonnades were discovered every edges, but the western edge was missing. Now, it is replaced these missing columns.



backGreat Bath, SD Area back
The floor slopes down to the corner where a brick drain leads to a small outlet, which takes the water to the edge of the mound.

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