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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:18 PM Author: AZNgirl asking Othani why he didn't hit 4 homers Learn history Birdshits (and Abduls)
Pretty much — yes, the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) (c. 2600–1900 BCE) had some of the earliest known toilets and sanitation systems in human history.
Here’s a clear summary of what’s known:
🚽 1. Actual Toilets
Excavations at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa show private toilets inside many homes.
These were brick seats or platforms with a hole connected to a vertical chute leading to a covered drain or soak pit outside the house.
In some larger homes, the toilets were even located next to bathing rooms with proper drainage — remarkably similar in layout to modern bathrooms.
🌊 2. Drainage & Sewerage
The IVC cities had street drains covered with bricks or stone slabs, connected to household drains.
These drains emptied into larger sewers or soak pits outside the residential areas.
The whole system was planned and engineered — slope gradients, inspection holes, and settlement traps show they knew how to manage flow and hygiene.
🏛️ 3. Comparison with Later Civilizations
The Mesopotamians and Egyptians around the same period had waste disposal, but not such widespread indoor toilets or citywide sewer systems.
The Romans (about 2,000 years later) built advanced public latrines and aqueducts, but the IVC had private toilets long before them.
🧱 4. So — were they the first?
As far as archaeological evidence goes, yes — the Indus Valley toilets are the earliest confirmed examples of:
Indoor, water-flushed toilets (rudimentary but functional)
Integrated sanitation systems on a citywide scale |