MOHENJO-DARO

HARAPPA

MAIN CITIES OF THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY

2600 to 1700 BCE

2600 and 1900 BCE

Both Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro shared many similarities. These two main cities developed around the same time as ancient Egypt in the Indus River Valley. The roads of each cities were designed in an organized grid pattern and houses had plumbing. The cities were well planned with wide streets, public and private wells, drains, bathing platforms and reservoirs.