Great Bath

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The Great Bath is a large, ancient public water tank at Mohenjo-daro, considered one of the earliest known examples of ritual bathing architecture in the Indus Valley Civilization.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Great Bath canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indus Valley Civilization structure ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ritual bath ⓘ
water tank ⓘ
approximateDepth 2.4 meters ⓘ
approximateLength 12 meters ⓘ
approximateWidth 7 meters ⓘ
cityTypeContext planned urban center ⓘ
civilization Indus Valley Civilization ⓘ
linked to: Indus Valley
culture Harappan culture ⓘ
linked to: Harappa
currentCondition partially preserved ruins ⓘ
discoveredBy John Marshall ⓘ
discoveryYear 1920s ⓘ
drainageLeadsTo nearby drain or well ⓘ
estimatedDate 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
c. 2600–1900 BCE ⓘ
governedBy Department of Archaeology and Museums, Pakistan ⓘ
hasFeature adjacent rooms ⓘ
drainage system ⓘ
flight of steps on two sides ⓘ
parapet or ledge around the tank ⓘ
surrounding colonnade ⓘ
waterproof floor ⓘ
waterproof walls ⓘ
hasStairsOn north side ⓘ
south side ⓘ
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Mohenjo-daro ⓘ
interpretation likely used for religious or ritual purification ⓘ
locatedIn Indus Valley ⓘ
Mohenjo-daro ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
material baked brick ⓘ
bitumen ⓘ
gypsum mortar ⓘ
partOf Mohenjo-daro archaeological site ⓘ
linked to: Mohenjo-daro
period Bronze Age ⓘ
shape rectangular ⓘ
significance evidence of advanced urban planning in Indus Valley Civilization ⓘ
one of the earliest known public water tanks ⓘ
one of the earliest known ritual bathing structures ⓘ
surroundedBy rooms possibly used as changing rooms ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1980 ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial purposes ⓘ
ritual bathing ⓘ
water storage ⓘ
waterproofingMethod bitumen layer between bricks ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mohenjo-daro → knownFor → Great Bath ⓘ
Sacred Spring → feeds → Great Bath ⓘ