The Indus Valley is a well-planned city with an efficient government. It provided shelters against foreign enemies. It is also one of the first complex drainage system. The drainage system enables the people living at the Indus Valley to get rid of waste materials and get water supply. The drainage is big enough for a person to enter so that it would not obstruct the drainage system. It also had a cannery to store food for future consumption.

The people at the Indus Valley had different occupations. It includes priests, craftmen, farmers and traders. The priest carries out religious rituals and is well respected. The craftmen creates pottery and bronze tools, eg. weapons. Farmers produces food for consumption. The annual flood enables farmers to grow their crops withour inrrigation. Traders sell as well as purchase products from other regions.

The seals found indicated that the people at the Indus Valley had uniform writing system and they used seals for trading.