The Lost City of Mohenjo Daro

Mohenjo Doro

     Mohenjo Doro is a excavated city that was very well planned. Mohenjo Doro is very unique compared to many other ancient and successful civilizations. Mohenjo Doro was organized, it had public sytems, residential homes, and held a population of about 35,000 for a number of years.

     The reason why archaeologists know that this ancient city was successful was because of the brilliant engineers. The people of Mohenjo Doro built their city above ground to prevent from floods. One of the most remarkable things about this city was the sewer system. Almost every house had an indoor bathroom. This was accompanied with a full set of sewer pipes that run along throughout the city. 

     They had two sides of the city, one for public buildings such as the citidal. The other side was the residental side with many small work shops. They also built canals that drained any extra water that came from the near by Indus River.


       The life in Mohenjo-Daro was simple jet organized, they had a strick trading system, and a blooming cotton industry. They also had a great army, which had chariots that gave them a leg-up during battles. By far they were the most powerful civilization that present day India has, they were organized, sophisticated and advanced in their ways of surviving for thousands of years.

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