indus valley

Stepwells were once the heart of India’s water management — cooling cities, storing rain, and building community. Long before climate change became a crisis, ancient engineers found smart, sustainable solutions. Could these forgotten structures inspire how we tackle water shortages today?

As intricate and detailed as the art form is, its place of production is usually quite humble, and it is the inherited talent, dedicated efforts and the sheer simplicity that has kept the rustic art alive so far.

Discovered in the 1920s, the Indus Valley Civilisation is the oldest known civilisation in the world and shows abundant evidence of people living with their own scriptures, barter systems, baths and culture.