All About: The Incredible Indus Valley by P. S. Quick

Author:P. S. Quick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horrible histories, Harappa, Harappan, Sindhu, Sarasvati, Pakistan, Himalayas, Mythology, Gods, history, learn, facts, fun, quiz, religion, KS1, KS2, education
ISBN: 9781785381317
Publisher: Andrews UK
Published: 2015-03-05T00:00:00+00:00

Great Bath of Mohenjo-daro

It is thought this great bath may have been a temple or used for public ceremonies as water was very important to the people who lived in the Indus Valley. It has also been suggested that perhaps people were baptised here but no one knows anything for sure.

Only about ten per cent of the city has been excavated but today there are real concerns for its future; the main one being that this city may in the next twenty or thirty years be lost forever.

The walls are crumbling in the lower part of the town where most people originally lived and worked. This is because with modern farming methods the salt content of the ground water is eating away the bricks from the bottom of the walls. The problem has only occurred in modern times because until recently these bricks have survived for thousands of years. However the problem is made worse by the humidity and rainfall in the area.

In the higher parts of the town some walls have collapsed completely especially around the areas of the large public bath.

Perhaps the fact that so much of the town remains buried will help it to remain protected. Some people believe that the whole site should be buried again to stop any further damage. Fewer people now come to visit the site from abroad; probably due to security problems.

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