Discovering The Lost City of Mohenjo Daro by Track & Travel

Discovering The Lost City of Mohenjo Daro

Introduction: 

Mohenjo-Daro means “Mound of the dead” in the Sindhi Language (the original name of the city is still unknown). It is an archaeological site of the province Sindh. It is an old historical city and was established in 2500BCE and it was the proof if ancient Indus Valley Civilization.

Location: 

Mohenjo Daro Map, It is situated in the province Sindh and present at the distance of twenty-five kilometers from Larkana near the River Indus.

Discovery: 

Some  people  had  an opinion  that  this  city  is  destroyed  and  populated  many  times. Probably, the  reason  of   the  destruction  of  the  city  is  heavy  floods  of  Indus River. But  the  exact  reason of its destruction  is  still  unknown and uncertain. After some time about in 1920  this city was discovered , some villagers  found  some utensils from  the  area, these  were  pots  and bricks. It  was  exciting  for  them  to discover  something  which indicates  the old  civilization  of Mohenjo-Dar. So, they  bring  these  pots and  bricks  to  Sir John Marshall, an  English   civil  servant,  whose  work  was  to  find the  historical  remains  and  to discover  the  old  customs. He  was  personally  interested  to find  something valuable  from that  area. By seeing  the  pieces  of  pots  and bricks,  he assumed  that there  must be  a city  populated. So he  put  his  efforts  to  dig the  city. And finally, his  efforts  proved  fruitful and  he  found  that  there  was  a  city well-established  with  streets  and  houses.

Architecture:    

There  had  been  found jewelry, utensils, houses, servant quarters, bathrooms. Each  house  was  made with  bricks  and  mud  which  shows   that  the  city  was  the  symbol  of  success  of  these  people  at that  time. The  city  was  progressive  and  we  could see  that  it was  populated  on  a  special  plan.There  were  founds  covered  grains  and  streets  with  baked  bricks. There  was  a  big  hall  where  people  store  grains. The  farmers  at  that  time  grew  eatables for  them. There was  a  system  of  sewage  and drainage and it  was  a  complex  system. There were carts and other  means  of  transport. There  was  also  a market  in  the center  for  shopping.  In short, the city had   all  those  things which  resembles it  with  a progressive  and  modern  city  of present. The people  use  metals and  made  things  from them which  shows  that the  use of metals  was  also known  at that  time. The most exciting thing  found  was  a head  of  the bull which  was  used  as seal.  Long and loose  dresses  were  found. And  a statue  of  dancing  girl made  from metal  was found. The toys, weapons and  pottery found from this  city  was  incredible. The city was  cleaned  and planned. This city also had a system  of weights  and  measures which  is a  symbol  of  thriving economy.

Civilization: 

The exact  relegious  beliefs of  the  people are  still unknown and  it is  said that  it  will  remain a mystery  throughout. They had  their  own  customs and  beleifs. The  girls  wore  jewelry  in  the same  style  as the women  of the present age wear. There  was  also  found the  Writing Pattern of  the  people  of this  city. Researches have  been  done on  this   pattern but  no one could  understand  this  writing  style. There  writing  pattern was  unique and  it is  beleived  that if someone  in  the  future  could  understand  their  language,  there  would be  exciting  information  about  the culture  and  customs of Mohenjo-Daro.  There were also some  Craftsmen  in  that custom which  were  really  genius. There were  two  main Statues that were  found  from  Mohenjo-Daro, One of the statue is in Dehli (India) and  ther other  is  found  in  Pakistan. People used utensils made  from  mud, and  children  played  with the  toys which  were more  likely as  the toys used by  children of  the  present  times. The modern  infrastructure and everything discovered about  the  city  was  really  mind-blowing which shows  that  the people  were  really creative, intelligent and  progress

The Great Bath of Mohenjo Daro: 

One of the iconic structure of Mohenjo-Daro is there Great Bath. This was a large rectangular pool measuring about 12 meters long, 7 meters wide and 2.4m deep. It served as a bathing pool and also as a source of refreshment as it was a public gathering place. So this pool was the proof of the intelligent minds of their engineers.

Source of Refreshment: 

Visiting a historical  place  refreshes both  mind  and soul. Because of  this reason, many people decide to visit this place and this ancient  civilization  has become  a source of entertainment and refreshment for people all over the world. So people organize tours  to go  to this  place and  it is also a source of knowledge. This antique heritage gives us a lot of knowledge of the people of the past. Researchers visit this place to perform researches on this civilization. They wanted to know about the customs and beleifs of old people, they are succeeded to much extent to discover such things. Reseachers assure that if their language pattern is discovered, there would be striking revealence of the culture of Mohenjo-Daro. So researches are doing their researches on this civilization.        

Visiting an old historical place, make us feel that we are living in that old time and enjoying their innocent traditions. People will continue to visit this place to know more and more about this developed city of that age. This is really a fascinating place and we hope to discover their culture and traditions soon in near future.