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 Salient feature of Town Planning in Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

• Sophisticated and advance urban culture
  
• Massive citadels protected the city from floods and attackers
  
• Street in perfect grip patterns in both Mohenjodaro and Harappan
  
• All the houses had access to water and drainage facilities
  
• World’s first sanitation system
  
• Individual wells and separate covered drains along the street for waste water 
  
• Houses opened to inner courtyards and smaller lanes
  
• Impressive dockyards! graneries! warehouses! brick platform! and protective walls
  
• City dwellers : traders and artisan