WRITE SHORT NOTE ON ON THE GREAT BATH AT MEHRGARH?

The Great Bath is one of the structures among the ruins of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization at Mohenjo-Daro in Sindh, Pakistan. It is located in the well-preserved northern part of Mohenjo-daro's . Archaeological evidence indicates that the Great Bath was built in the 3rd century BCE. It was constructed for ritual purposes and for community bathing purposes.

The Great Bath is one of the best known structures among the ruins of the ancientIndus Valley Civilization.  Archaeological evidence indicates that the Great Bath was built in the 3rd Millenium BCE, just sometime after raising of the "citadel" mound on which it is located. 

The Great Bath of Mohenjedaro is called as "Earliest public water tank of the ancient world". The Great Bath measures 11.88 metres X 7.01 metres, and has a maximum depth of 2.43 metres. Two wide staircases, one from the north and one from the south, served as the entry to the structure. A 1 meter wide and 40 centimeters mound at present at end of these stairs.

Another view of the Great Bath

A hole was also found at one end of the Bath which might have been used to drain the water into it.
The Great Bath is built of fine baked bricks lined with bitumen (natural tar - presumably to keep water from seeping through), which indicates that it was used for holding water. Many scholars have suggested that it could have been a place for ritual bathing or religious ceremonies, but the actual use is not clear. 

 this site is located in a fertile plain , near the bolan pass which is one of the most important routes into Iran . mehrgarh was propably one of the places where  women and men learnt to grow barley and wheat and reared  sheeps and goats for the first time in this area . it is only one of the earliest villages that we know about .

archaeologist who excavated the site found of many kinds of animal bones from the earliest levels . these included the bones of the wild animals such as the deers and pigs . in later levels they fond more bones of sheeps and goats and in  still later levels , cattle bones are the most comman suggesting that this was the animal that was generally kept by the people

Great Bath was built in citadel areas.It was lined with bricks,coated with plaster and made water-tight with a layer of natural tar.There were steps leading down to it from two sides,while there were rooms on all sides.Water was probably brought in from a well and drained out after use.Perhaps important people took a dip in this tank on special occasions