Record · Ancient world · South Asia
Where Did Every House Have a Flush Toilet 4,500 Years Ago?
Indus cities such as Mohenjo-daro, around 2500 BC, gave nearly every house a brick bathroom and toilet draining into covered street sewers.
· 2500 BCAncient world South Asia
South Asia in the ancient world (3500 BC – 800 BC). The first cities, the first writing, the first kings who called themselves gods. These articles cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Indus and the Bronze Age world that connected them.
Record · Ancient world · South Asia
Why Does the Indus Civilization Show No Sign of a King?
The Indus civilization (about 2600–1900 BC) built grid-planned cities with drains and standard bricks but left no palace, royal tomb, or ruler monument.
· 2500 BC
Record · Ancient world · South Asia
Why can't anyone read the Indus script?
About 4,000 Indus texts survive, averaging five signs, with no bilingual text and no agreed language, so no decipherment has been accepted since the 1870s.
· 2500 BC