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Analyse the distinctive features of domestic architecture of Harappa.

The domestic architecture of the Harappan household was seen through the residential buildings in the Mohenjodaro. These buildings had a courtyard in the centre, used for activities like cooking and weaving especially in the dry weather. The courtyard was surrounded by rooms and no windows were seen in the rooms at the ground floor. The courtyard wasn’t visible from the main entrance. Every house had a bathroom made of bricks and drains connecting to the outside drains. Some house had stairs for accessing the second floor and some had wells made in the room.


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