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Discuss the water management and its conservation planning in the Harappan (Indus-Saraswati) cities.

  • UPSC 2013
  • Indus Valley Civilization

That the Harappan Civilization (c. 2600–1900 BCE) arose in a belt stretching from the flood-prone Indus plains to the semi-arid margins of Kachchh and Rajasthan meant no single hydraulic solution could serve every settlement; what unites Harappan water management instead is not one technology but a consistent civic commitment — visible from Mohenjodaro's drains to…

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  • Drainage as Civic Engineering
  • Water Storage and Domestic Supply: Wells and the Great Bath
  • Dholavira's Water-Harvesting Complex
  • Lothal and Coastal Hydraulic Engineering
  • Groundwater Exploitation: The Allahdino Model
  • Interpreting Harappan Water Planning

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