MOHENJO DARO

THE MOST DEVELOPED CITY OF

INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
 INTRODUCTION
1.) The site
ofMohenjo-Daro(also
Moenjo-daro), in
Larkana District,
Sindh, Pakistan.

2.) The site covers an

area of over 250
acres (100 hectares).

3.) The Indus river is

currently situated to
the east of the site.
4.) Mohenjo-Daro
known as Mound Of
The Dead

5.) Devadatta
Ramkrishna
Bhandarkar first
visited Mohenjo-Daro
in 1911-1912.

6.) This mysterious

culture emerged
nearly 4,500 years
ago and thrived for a
thousand years.
7.)Mohenjo-Daro was
discovered in 1922 by R. D.
Banerji, an officer of the Rakhaldas
Archaeological Survey of Bandhapadyay
India Large-scale ASI , Superintending
excavations were carried out Archaeologist
at the site under the ,Western Circle
direction of John Marshall, K. (1917-1924)
N. Dikshit, Ernest Mackay,
and numerous other
directors through the 1930s.

Sir John Marshall ASI ,Director (1902-

10.) The Mohenjo-
Daro is divided
into two section :-

a.) Citadel
Smaller in area
but highly
developed.
b.) Lower Town
Large in area but
less developed
than citadel.

11.) The Citadel

owes
its height to the
fact that
buildings were
Settlements
TOWN PLANNING
The Mohenjo-Daro is famous for
its well planned sites.
A gridiron of main streets
running north- south & east-
west.
Dividing the area into blocks of
roughly equal size and
approximately rectangular
800 feet east-west and 1200
feet north-south.
Two main streets at right angles.
Streets are parallel.
The main streets are 30 feet
wide.
Windows are rare, through
fragments of gratings or
lattices of alabaster and
terracotta probably represent
window screens.
EXCAVATIONS
FOUND
GREAT BATH
The "great bath" is without doubt
the earliest public water tank in
the ancient world. It was
excavated in 1926.
Dimension :- 12 x 7 x 2.4 meters.
Two wide staircases from north
and south.
Finely fitted bricks laid on edge
with gypsum plaster and the
side walls.
Two large doors.
Most scholars agree that this tank
would have been used for
special religious functions where
water was used to purify and
renew the well being of the
bathers.
GREAT GRANARY
In 1950, Sir Mortimer Wheeler
identified one large building in
Mohenjo-Daro as a "Great
Granary".

Certain wall-divisions in its massive

wooden superstructure
appeared to be grain storage-
bays, complete with air-ducts to
dry the grain.

Granary is adjacent to the Great

Bath.

There were two wells which lie in

an unsorted complex of walls
which extend north-wards from
the northern side of the
Granary.
 BUDDHI ST ST UPA

1.) Buddhist Stupa is one thing due to

which whole Mohenjo-Daro was
discovered.
2.) In the second century B.C. a
BuddhistStupawas built at the ancient
site of Mohenjo-Daro. At this time, most
of the ancient city was buried.
3.) Thecitadel mound which rose about 12
meters from the ground was still visible.
The stupa was built on top of the citadel
mound, making it visible from great
distances.
4.) Stpa dating to the Kushana
Period,circa 2nd century CE. Wheeler
claimed to have discovered the wall and
gateway around the "citadel" mound
(Wheeler1972), but most scholars didnot
accept his interpretations.
5.) A massive block of brick architecture at
the southeast corner of the citadel mound
was thought to represent a gateway with
large brick bastions.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM

They had well-constructed wells, tanks,

public baths, a wide drinking system and a
city sewage system.
The inhabitants of Mohenjo-Daro were
masters in constructing wells.
One of the best-known excavations is the
Great Bath of Mohenjo-Daro.
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