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This is not the whole city. Drawn from plans: the Great Bath, the Granary (27 blocks of its first period, seven later blocks on the south and the walls of its stair house), the stupa mound, Block 1 (probably the “College”), the Columned Hall with the rest of the L Area, the Southern Buildings, the bathroom block north of the Bath, (as outlines from Wheeler’s plan only) a west tower and the south-east fortification masses, the HR area (Marshall Pl. XXXIX) and most of DK-G (the southern portion, Mackay Pl. XX, and the main plan of the northern portion on Pl. XIII) and the VS area (Marshall Pls. LIII and LVII) and DK sections A, B, C and E (Marshall Pls. LXI, LXII and LXIV, placed to about ±25 m) of the lower town: under 6 % of the 240 ha World Heritage property, even counting each sheet’s whole outline. The streets and blocks between them, the lower town, the Granary’s loading platform and the ground itself are not drawn, because no plan or survey of them is in the sources used. Positions: Great Bath ±5 m, stupa ±8 m, hall ±4 m, the rest of the L Area ±9 m, Granary ±5 m, Southern Buildings ±8 m, Block 1 ±8 m, bathroom block ±5 m, the two Fig. 6 outlines ±8 m, HR area ±10 m, DK-G ±12 m (both portions), VS area ±8 m, DK sections A, B, C and E ±25 m; the pieces other than the Bath are placed relative to it, so their positions on the ground are worse than these figures by up to the Bath’s ±5 m. The Southern Buildings still overlap Block 1 (about 9 m² of walls) and the stupa monastery (about 6 m²), so at least one of these pieces is misplaced by several metres. The Bath, stupa and hall positions were fitted to Esri World Imagery (viewed, not redistributed).
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Ancient landscape and Indus courseThe modern satellite image fades out. Palaeochannel studies (Flam) to be acquired. Today's condition of the wallsHeights, decay, mud capping and salt damage need a survey (drone or laser scan). They are not drawn, because none of it has been measured. Most of the siteThe lower town, the streets and blocks between the traced pieces, the Granary’s loading platform, stair and well, and the rest of the L Area. Some of these have plans in books not yet obtained; the Aachen plans or a drone survey would also tie everything to one grid. Stupa dome and monastery cellsThe stupa’s date (c. 2nd century CE, or an earlier Indus platform) is disputed, and both readings are shown in the prediction view. The dome, the monastery cells and any roof are not drawn. Early Harappan city wall, west edge of the moundEarliest construction 2708–2576 cal BCE, 2025–26 Sindh DGAA–SEAS mission. archaeology.org Evidence levels follow the London Charter and the Seville Principles. Historical desk review, 28 Sep 2026. Not yet reviewed by an Indus archaeologist. How to review this model .
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Places and find spots of Mohenjo-daro, each with its sources and evidence level. Only the Great Bath, the Granary, the stupa mound, Block 1, the Columned Hall (and the rest of the L Area), the Southern Buildings, the bathroom block, two Fig. 6 outlines, the HR area, most of DK-G, the VS area and DK sections A, B, C and E are traced from plans so far; every other place is listed with where the sources put it, and is not yet placed on the map .
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