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Some animals' paw prints have been preserved in the ruins of Indus cities. Children may have had pet monkeys, birds in cages, or even lizards and snakes!

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Most Indus Valley cities were made from mud bricks. First the brick-makers mixed soil, clay and water to make squishy mud. Next they squashed the mud into a wooden mould which was the shape of a brick. And then they turned out the mud brick, like you would turn out a sandcastle.

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Children in the Indus Valley seem to have loved toys. Archaeologists have found lots of clay toys, such as model carts and animals.

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Probably Wore Flax and Cotton

Could have importent woolen textiles from Mesopotamia

Could have used silk.

Could have continued tradition of using leather

Dyed Clothes

Draped all over the body.

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Farmers had to grow lots of food to feed the people in the cities. They prepared big fields using their wooden ploughs pulled by oxen.

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Most Indus cities had a central well where people could get clean water.

In their bathrooms people stood on a brick 'shower tray' and tipped the clean water over themselves from a jar.

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Archaeologists know what Indus Valley people ate by examining the teeth and bones of skeletons. The diet had seafood, milk, meat and wheat - a pretty balanced diet.

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Trade (buying and selling things) was very important in Indus Valley cities. Farmers brought food into the cities. City workers made things like pots, beads and cotton cloth.

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Organisation was comparable to city like New York, with streets in grid like patterns. First to use Urban Sanitation and Drainage Systems.

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Cities were designed in a way so that this cycle would be supported fully.

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1. Water Availability in wells placed all over the city.
2. Drainage Systems.
3. Regularly Cleansed Common Bath for whole city 49 feet long, 28 feet wide and 8 feet deep.
4. Well Balanced Diet

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1. 3-4 storey houses
2. Uniform housing in lower city.
3. Sophisticated Plumbing

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People who lived in the city usually made things to earn a living. Some workers made stone querns (for grinding grain to make flour). Others spun and wove cotton into clothes and cotton bags.

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Comparable to parts of Brahma, very important in Social Life

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No Single King or Queen

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Hereditary, Family Professions Prominent.

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Probably Used Flax and Cotton

Could have used iIdian silk.

Might have imported woolen textiles from Mesopotamia

May have used leather traditionally

Dyeing Facilities have been discovered

Limited Sources show men wore clothes around their waist and long robes over left shoulder and/or turban

Women wore knee-length skirts.

Jewelry included hair fillets, bead necklaces and bangles for men; bangles, earrings, rings, anklets, belts made of strings of beads, pendants, chokers and numerous necklaces for women