CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Question
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Citidel barrier
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Physical Barriers
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Concrete Construction Barriers
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Fencing
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Detailed explanation-1: -The walls also served to enclose – to separate parts of cities from one another possibly for reasons of status or community differences, to keep animals in during the night and protect them and the population from raiders, to protect sites from floods, etc.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mohenjo-daro had no series of city walls, but was fortified with guard towers to the west of the main settlement, and defensive fortifications to the south.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Harappans generally used clay or mud mortar to build their fired brick and also their mud brick buildings. They did not use lime mortar. Many brick buildings in northern and western India and Pakistan are still made in the same manner. Above: Narrow street in Mohenjo-daro.