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Explain the town planning of the Indus people |
| Answer» The people of the Indus Valley civilisation provided explicit attention to elaborate town planning:\tThe streets cut each other at right angles.\tThe main streets were over 800 metres long and 10 metres wide. They were also curved at the corners in order to make it easy for bullock carts to pass. The streets were generally paved with baked bricks.\tHouses were built on both the sides of the street.\tThe city was generally divided into two parts - lower and upper (citadel or acropolis).\tThe upper part was built on a raised platform which protected people during floods. It consisted of buildings such as the Great Bath, Town Hall, the Great Granary and some temple-like structures.\tThe lower part was at a lower height but bigger in area. It had small buildings and houses of the common people.\xa0 | |