INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Detailed explanation-1: -By 2600 BC, Mohenjo-daro and Harappa, major cities of the Indus Valley civilization, were built with blocks divided by a grid of straight streets, running north–south and east–west. Each block was subdivided by small lanes.

Detailed explanation-2: -“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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Town planning was the unique feature of the Indus valley civilisation. Harappan cities were planned with chessboard system or grid pattern. A grid pattern is a network of intersecting parallel lines. A grid pattern, means the streets intersect at right angles and form a pattern of squares when viewed from above.

Detailed explanation-4: -They were built on a grid pattern, with wide roads dividing them in rectangular or square blocks packed with mud-brick buildings. Many of the buildings were several stories high. Harappa’s population was around 25, 000, while Mohenjo-daro’s was around 40, 000.