Which statement best describes internal divisions in Harappan cities?

Harappa and Mohenjodaro are often described through elevated citadel and lower-town sectors, but these labels are archaeological conventions and not universal. Dholavira had a distinctive multi-part layout, and smaller settlements followed other plans. The evidence must connect patronage, place and historical period simultaneously. Many had raised and lower sectors, but layouts varied by site fits that evidence because it matches the specific chronology, agency and function contained in the question. A comparison with the alternatives is useful: Every city had exactly two identical halves, No settlement had fortifications and All cities followed Dholavira’s three-part plan are genuine historical terms or names, but each belongs to a different office, patron, text, region or sequence. Reading the question as a relationship among person, period, place and institutional purpose prevents that mistake. The compact memory link is therefore Many had raised and lower sectors, but layouts varied by site together with the factual context above, not the isolated option letter.