The lost city of Moenjodaro

Abdul KareemClass VII

Dil Mehran School

Civilization Mohenjo-daro is an ancient

Indus city that is located in modern day Pakistan. The city is sometimes called by other names, but the name Mohenjo-daro is the most common and means Mound of the Mohenjo-daro. It was once a bustling city that could have housed roughly 35,000 people. It is now a mostly buried ruin that lies on the bank of the Indus River in the Sindh province.

Homes This view into two

small rooms shows tapered walls that were built to support a second floor. Later rooms were built directly on top of these walls because they provided a strong foundation. The wall of the building across the street shows multiple phases of rebuilding

Buildings They used timber

to create the flat roofs of their buildings, there are brick stairways leading to the roofs of many houses, suggesting that roofs were used as recreational areas - as in early Anatolia.

Religion

Vedic religion was polytheistic and controlled by the priests who served the traditional military aristocracy.  Aryans gods were associated with the forms of nature.  Important deities include Dyaus Pitar, the father-god; the powerful Varuna, the god who guarded the cosmic order (the law of nature and the universal moral law or truth);   The main religious rite was sacrifice and requests for the good things of life;

Transport The peoples of

Mohenjodaro used to use ox cart, bull cart as a transportation

Trade Seals, sculptures, and other

artifacts from Mohenjo-Daro (or at least the Indus River Valley Civilization) have been found in Mesopotamia. These discoveries are likely evidence of trade between the two civilizations. Cotton was a commodity the people of Mohenjo-Daro probably exported, perhaps in exchange for minerals, tools, or other goods.

Employment Craftmens must have

made this necklaces at Mohenjo-daro.

From the technical point of view, the Employment of ground steatite in place of carved steatite mark a great advance in

craftsmanship Breeders in Mohenjo-daro could have rear and breed cows.

Skills

Moenjodaro people is discovery of necklaces pendants of beads ear rings and anklets of ivory and mother-of-pearl, vessels of silver, copper and browns and polished stones weights and measures which suggest the existence of strangest civic regulations.

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