Mohenjo-daro(2600)

Mound of the Dead

Major city of the Indus Valley Civilization in Sindh.

Mohenjo-daro

What you need to know

  • Major Indus Valley city
  • Advanced urban planning and drainage
  • Site of the Great Bath
  • UNESCO World Heritage Site

A City of the Indus Valley

p>Mohenjo-daro, in the Sindh region, was one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilization, built around 2600 BCE. It displays remarkable urban planning, with a grid of streets, standardized baked bricks, covered drains and a monumental structure known as the Great Bath.</p><p>Its rediscovery in the 1920s revealed one of the world's earliest and most sophisticated urban cultures.</p>

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27.329, 68.139