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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mohenjo-daroMohenjo-daro - Wikipedia

    Mohenjo-daro is located off the right (west) bank of the lower Indus river in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. It lies on a Pleistocene ridge in the flood plain of the Indus, around 28 kilometres (17 mi) from the town of Larkana. Historical context. Mohenjo-daro was built in the 26th century BCE.

  2. Jun 25, 2024 · Mohenjo-daro, group of mounds and ruins on the right bank of the Indus River, northern Sindh province, southern Pakistan. It lies on the flat alluvial plain of the Indus, about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Sukkur.

  3. Oct 9, 2009 · Mohenjo Daro, built at the time of the pyramids and centuries before the Roman Baths, was the largest city of the Indus Civilization. Learn facts about this ancient city, including engineering...

  4. Apr 30, 2020 · 44 skeletons were found lying in the streets of Mohenjo Daro in Pakistan. Some say they were victims of a massacre, but there is more to their tragic story. In the 1920s, the discovery of ancient cities at Mohenjo Daro and Harappa in Pakistan gave the first clue to the existence more than 4,000 years ago of a civilization in the Indus Valley to ...

  5. Sep 3, 2021 · Mohenjo-daro – meaning ‘Mound of the Dead Men’ – is an incredible archaeological site in Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2,500 BC, this site was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and one of the world’s greatest early cities.

  6. The ruins of the huge city of Moenjodaro – built entirely of unbaked brick in the 3rd millennium B.C. – lie in the Indus valley. The acropolis, set on high embankments, the ramparts, and the lower town, ...

  7. Mohenjo-daro ( Urdu: موئن جودڑو, Sindhi: موئن جو دڙو, English: Mound of the dead )—a city of the Indus Valley Civilization built around 2600 B.C.E., located in the Sindh Province of Pakistan.

  8. www.world-archaeology.com › great-discoveries › mohenjo-daroMohenjo-daro - World Archaeology

    Jan 3, 2010 · Mohenjo-daro was once a major city, occupied by people belonging to the first civilization in the Indian subcontinent. It was initially sighted by D R Handarkar in 1911-1912, who mistook its baked mud bricks as being only 200 years old.

  9. Mohenjo Daro, Ancient city on the bank of the Indus River, in present-day southern Pakistan. At about 3 mi (5 km) in circuit, it was the largest city of the Indus civilization in the 3rd–2nd millennium bc, and it probably served as the capital of an extensive state.

  10. Nov 14, 2022 · Mohenjo-daro – which means "mound of the dead men" in Sindhi – was the largest city of the once-flourishing Indus Valley (also known as Harappan) Civilisation that ruled from north-east...

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