Did You Know...
- The cities, Harappa and Mohejo-Daro were built of fired clay brick.
- A large drain of fired clay bricks, covered with paving stones runs beneath First Street in Mohenjo-Daro.
- Every day one million tons of silt are carried by the Indus River.
- The Indus River is one of the largest rivers in the world, with the length of 1,800 miles.
- The river's annual flow is about 272 billion cubic yards- twice that of the Nile River, and three times that of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers combined!
- The cities, Harappa and Mohejo-Daro were built of fired clay brick.
- A large drain of fired clay bricks, covered with paving stones runs beneath First Street in Mohenjo-Daro.
- Every day one million tons of silt are carried by the Indus River.
- The Indus River is one of the largest rivers in the world, with the length of 1,800 miles.
- The river's annual flow is about 272 billion cubic yards- twice that of the Nile River, and three times that of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers combined!
This is a section of a mud brick wall from the Indus city of Harappa.