Mohenjo Daro - 4500 Years Old City
Mohenjo-Daro 'Mound of the dead Men' is an archaeological site in Sindh, Pakistan. It was one of the world's earliest major cities and was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus valley civilization. Mohenjo-Daro was abandoned in the 19th century BCE as the Indus Valley Civilization declined. It was rediscovered in the 1920s.
The modern name of the site is interpreted as 'Mound of the Dead Men' in Sindhi, and as 'Mound of Mohan,' Mohan is commonly known as Krishna. Mohenjo-Daro is located west of the Indus River in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. Indus Valley Civilization is also known as Harappa Civilization.
The city remained undocumented for around 3700 years until it was rediscovered when an officer of India's Archaeological Survey, R.D. Banerji, visited the site in 1919-20.
The city of Mohenjo-Daro had no fortification walls but was fortified with guard towers to the west and defensive fortifications to the south of the main settlement. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro share a very similar architectural layoutIn 1926, a miniature bronze statuette of a nude female, known as the dancing girl, was celebrated by archaeologists when discovered by Kenoyer notes. Few stone sculptures of seated male figures, such as the intricately carved and colored Priest-King, were also discovered. But the statues were all found broken. But the mystery of what ruined Mohenjo-Daro remained undiscovered. No evidence exists that flooding destroyed the city, and the city wasn't abandoned, Kenoyer says. But it is suggested that the Indus River changed course, which would have hampered the local agricultural economy and the city's importance as a center of trade.
But another archaeologist Possehl says that a changing river course doesn't explain the collapse of the Indus civilization. Throughout the valley, the culture changed, he says.