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One of Mohenjo-daro’s most famous structures, the Great Bath, epitomizes ancient engineering. Built within the citadel, with waterproof bricks and precise construction, it suggests ritual importance rather than practical use. The absence of feeding channels or drainage for everyday water supply indicates it was not a typical bathhouse for hygiene.
Instead, its sealed, enclosed design resembles modern ritual water tanks found at temples and pilgrimage sites in India today. Such tanks are used exclusively for purification rites—symbolic acts of cleansing and transformation. This interpretation challenges previous notions of the Great Bath as mere sanitation infrastructure, positioning it instead as a sacred space.