Almost a century ago in 1921 the Indus Valley civilization was found revealing 2 very important cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
Mohenjo-Daro along with Harappa show obvious signs of a well planned city. The streets are made of street grids also these cities have clay drainage systems. What archaeologist are trying to discover is the puzzling question who lived in these systems. Who had this type of sophisticated life.
Mohenjo-Daro is also known as the faceless city. Nothing in Mohenjo-Daro gives archaeologists clues or any type of information of the religion or how government. No plalaces, temples or monuments have been found neither any evidence or a monarchy without monarchy Mohenjo- Daro was most likely governed as a city state. Pottery and tools were standardized, signs of trade are apparent, seals and weights have been dug up from the mysterious city.
Mohenjo-Daro is mostly made of mounds, a Great Bathing place is the tallest mound and probably the closest thing to a temple for Mohenjo-Daro. Archaeologist, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer from the University of Wisconsin , Madison, also a National Geographic grantee, states that "the mounds grew organically over the centuries as people kept building platforms and walls for their houses." One of the great artifacts that made the archaeologists of the excavation jump with joy is a small bronze nude female statue(the dancing girl discovered in 1926. What amazed Kenoyer even more were a few stone male sculptures with men seated. One man seated is named the Priest Kind even though no evidence has been found of a priest or king.
Archaeologist are clueless to what ended these thriving civilization. There is no evidence that yearly flooding destroyed the city and was it already abandoned by the time the city was destroyed.
Mohenjo-Daro along with Harappa show obvious signs of a well planned city. The streets are made of street grids also these cities have clay drainage systems. What archaeologist are trying to discover is the puzzling question who lived in these systems. Who had this type of sophisticated life.
Mohenjo-Daro is also known as the faceless city. Nothing in Mohenjo-Daro gives archaeologists clues or any type of information of the religion or how government. No plalaces, temples or monuments have been found neither any evidence or a monarchy without monarchy Mohenjo- Daro was most likely governed as a city state. Pottery and tools were standardized, signs of trade are apparent, seals and weights have been dug up from the mysterious city.
Mohenjo-Daro is mostly made of mounds, a Great Bathing place is the tallest mound and probably the closest thing to a temple for Mohenjo-Daro. Archaeologist, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer from the University of Wisconsin , Madison, also a National Geographic grantee, states that "the mounds grew organically over the centuries as people kept building platforms and walls for their houses." One of the great artifacts that made the archaeologists of the excavation jump with joy is a small bronze nude female statue(the dancing girl discovered in 1926. What amazed Kenoyer even more were a few stone male sculptures with men seated. One man seated is named the Priest Kind even though no evidence has been found of a priest or king.
Archaeologist are clueless to what ended these thriving civilization. There is no evidence that yearly flooding destroyed the city and was it already abandoned by the time the city was destroyed.
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