The lost city of Moenjodaro

Mohammad ShanClass VII

Dil Mehran School

The lost city of Moenjodaro

Introduction of Moen Jo Daro is an eloquent discovery to

great achievement of archaeologist's spade in

South Asian sub-continent. It was in 1922 AD, when an

officer of department of Archaeology while

searching a Stupa of Kushan period discovered,

accidentally some of the artifacts, which has long

been known to Archaeologists as

originating from the ruins of Harappa.

Homes

This view into two small rooms shows tapered walls that were built to support a second floor. Later rooms were built directly on top of these walls because they provided a strong foundation. The wall of the building across the street shows multiple phases of rebuilding

Buildings

They used timber to create the flat roofs of their buildings, there are brick stairways leading to the roofs of many houses, suggesting that roofs were used as recreational areas - as in early Anatolia.

Religion

The seals and other artifacts found in Mohenjo-Daro point to a polytheistic region in Mohenjo-Daro. Certain plants and animals were sacred to them – the bull, the rhinoceros, trees, etc. This is yet another connection to Hinduism (Brahman, the creator and sacred bull). Cleanliness was also sacred to the citizens of Mohenjo-Daro as indicated by the Great Bath and the sophisticated plumbing and sewage system.

Transport

The peoples of Mohenjodaro used to use ox cart, as a transportation

Trade

The people of Mohenjo-Daro were actively engaged in trade with other people of the Indus River Valley and with Mesopotamian civilization. Seals, sculptures, and other artifacts from Mohenjo-Daro (or at least the Indus River Valley Civilization) have been found in Mesopotamia. These discoveries are likely evidence of trade between the two civilizations. Cotton was a commodity the people of Mohenjo-Daro probably exported, perhaps in exchange for minerals, tools, or other goods.

Employment

Craftmens must have made this necklaces at Mohenjo-daro.

Builders must have made the "Stupa" at Mohenjo-daro.Breeders in Mohenjo-daro could have rear and breed cows.

Skills

Indus was a literate civilization; people not only could write but also were best calligraphers.

High degree of craftsmanship and artistic ability has been reflected from collective Indus town planning, individual illustrative writing, pottery skills, knitting cloth, metal work, bead making e.g.: All the techniques they used in their works, representing into their living pattern, social and civil organization .

Additional Information

Script WritingIndus was a literate civilization; people not only could write but also were best calligraphers. Their language has been tentatively recognized as Dravidian but boldly we are still grouping in the darkness regarding its origin and identity, because these inscriptions and symbols are neither in deciphered for us nor writing have yet been decoded.