Mohenjodaro


 
 
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Mohenjodaro

Mohenjo-daro is the modern name; it translates as Mound of the Dead. It was one of the earliest cities in the world, one of the most advanced of its time, and one of the main cities of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) which was one of the earliest Bronze Age civilizations. It is also known as the Harappan Civilization after another major archaeological site at Harappa also in modern Pakistan. The terms apply to several cultures over the period 3,300-1,300 BCE, and to over a thousand sites where their artefacts have been found. The peak was the Mature Harappan period, 2,600-1,900 BCE, when Mohenjo-daro was a great thriving city.

Mohenjo-daro was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, two years after major excavations had begun at Harappa, some 590 km to the north. Large-scale excavations were carried out at the site under the direction of John Marshall, K. N.

The great bath: Within the citadel at Mohenjodaro, archaeologists found a structure that they called the Great Bath. This was a rectangular tank made if fired bricks closely fitted together. This tank was made waterproof by a 3cm thick layer of bitumen (tar). Flights of steps from opposite sides led to the bottom of the tank. There were several rooms along the other two sides of the tank. In one of the rooms there was a large well, from which water was supplied to the tank. Used or dirty water was drained out through an outlet to a brick drain.

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The great bath was excavated in the great city of ____________________

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Who discovered the cities of Mohen-jo-Daro?

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The biggest building at Mohnjodaro was the

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