Mohenjo-daro

Proper noun

Meaning

Mohenjo-daro

An archaeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan, built around 2500 BCE by the Indus Valley Civilization.

Examples

A large number of seals have been found at such sites as Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. Source: Internet

Mortimer Wheeler interpreted the presence of many unburied corpses found in the top levels of Mohenjo-Daro as the victims of a warlike conquest, and famously stated that " Indra stands accused" of the destruction of the IVC. Source: Internet

Mohenjo-Daro and Mehrgarh were one of the centers of the Indus Valley Civilisation, both located in modern-day Pakistani Balochistan. Source: Internet

All houses in the major cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro had access to water and drainage facilities. Source: Internet

Mohenjo-Daro and the Indus Civilisation, 3 vols, London: Arthur Probsthain, 1931 If this can be validated, it would be evidence that some aspects of Hinduism predate the earliest texts, the Veda. Source: Internet

The Harappans also made various toys and games, among them cubical dice (with one to six holes on the faces), which were found in sites like Mohenjo-Daro. Source: Internet

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