Editing Mohenjo-daro (section)

=== Water supply and wells ===
The location of Mohenjo-daro was built in a relatively short period of time, with the water supply system and wells being some of the first planned constructions.
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=Rita P. |title=The ancient Indus : urbanism, economy, and society |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-57652-9 |page=235}}</ref> With the excavations done so far, over 700 wells are present at Mohenjo-daro, alongside drainage and bathing systems.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wright |first1=Rita P. |title=The ancient Indus : urbanism, economy, and society |date=2010 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-521-57652-9 |page=237}}</ref> This number is unheard of when compared to other civilisations at the time, such as Egypt or Mesopotamia, and the quantity of wells transcribes as one well for every three houses.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jansen |first1=M. |title=Water Supply and Sewage Disposal at Mohenjo-Daro |journal=World Archaeology |date=October 1989 |volume=21 |issue=2 |page=180 |doi=10.1080/00438243.1989.9980100 |jstor=124907 |pmid=16470995 }}</ref> Because of the large number of wells, it is believed that the inhabitants relied solely on annual rainfall, as well as the Indus River's course remaining close to the site, alongside the wells providing water for long periods of time in the case of the city coming under siege.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jansen |first1=M. |title=Water Supply and Sewage Disposal at Mohenjo-Daro |journal=World Archaeology |date=October 1989 |volume=21 |issue=2 |page=182 |doi=10.1080/00438243.1989.9980100 |jstor=124907 |pmid=16470995 }}</ref> Due to the period in which these wells were built and used, it is likely that the circular brick well design used at this and many other Harappan sites are an invention that should be credited to the Indus civilisation, as there is no existing evidence of this design from Mesopotamia or Egypt at this time, and even later.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jansen |first1=M. |title=Water Supply and Sewage Disposal at Mohenjo-Daro |journal=World Archaeology |date=October 1989 |volume=21 |issue=2 |page=179 |doi=10.1080/00438243.1989.9980100 |jstor=124907 |pmid=16470995 }}</ref> Sewage and waste water for buildings at the site were disposed of via a centralized drainage system that ran alongside the site's streets.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jansen |first1=M. |title=Water Supply and Sewage Disposal at Mohenjo-Daro |journal=World Archaeology |date=October 1989 |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=177–192 |jstor=124907 |doi=10.1080/00438243.1989.9980100 |pmid=16470995 }}</ref> These drains that ran alongside the road were effective at allowing most human waste and sewage to be disposed of as the drains most likely took the waste toward the Indus River.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ratnagar |first1=Shereen |title=The drainage systems at MohenjoDaro and Nausharo: A technological breakthrough or a stinking disaster? |journal=Studies in People's History |date=2014 |volume=1 |issue=1 |page=4 |doi=10.1177/2348448914537334|s2cid=131145647 }}</ref>