Dholavira: How a Desert City Solved Water Crisis 4,500 Years Ago | Gujarat

4,500 years ago, in the middle of a salt desert with no rivers or freshwater sources, an ancient Indian city solved water scarcity — without pumps, pipelines, or electricity.

This documentary explores how the Indus Valley Civilization built one of the most advanced ancient water-management systems in a harsh, arid landscape where survival depended entirely on understanding climate, terrain, and restraint.

Located in present-day Gujarat, Dholavira was a major city of the Harappan Civilization, designed not around abundance — but around scarcity.

Its planners engineered vast stone reservoirs, gravity-based channels, rainwater harvesting systems, and carefully regulated storage to survive unpredictable monsoons and long dry seasons.

Dholavira was not just an ancient city.
It was a climate-resilient urban system.

🔍 What this film explores:

• Why Dholavira was built in an inhospitable, water-scarce region
• How an ancient city survived without rivers or year-round freshwater
• The science behind Indus Valley water engineering and reservoirs
• What Harappan urban planning reveals about climate intelligence
• Lessons modern cities can learn from ancient Indian water systems

🌍 Why Dholavira matters today

As India and the world face water shortages, erratic monsoons, and climate stress, Dholavira offers a rare historical lesson:
sustainable living rooted in environmental limits.

Long before modern dams, pipelines, or pumps, the Indus Valley Civilization developed solutions based on storage, timing, gravity, and collective responsibility.

This is not a story about the past.
It is a story about relevance.

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