Excavation Site at Mohenjo-daro

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Cristian Violatti
by Grjatoi
published on 08 November 2013
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Ruins of Mohenjo-daro in present-day Sindh, Pakistan, one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization.

Mohenjo-daro is one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete.

The city was abandoned around 1800 BCE and rediscovered in 1922 CE.

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