Mohen Jo Daro

Sindhi Historical Place - Mohenjo-Daro

                        The architecture of Mohenjo-Daro site provides simply the glimpse of urban infrastructure which those persons had in their rimes. It was evident because of their much planned framework which was mainly based on a street grid for providing the modern and established rectilinear buildings. Most of the construction at that period was done by utilizing the mortared and the fired bricks. There are some traces found of wooden structures and also the use of sun-dried mud brick in various construction projects. The covered place of the location is about 300 hectares. The population of Mohenjo-Daro with a slight estimation of their peak time was about 40,000.The huge geographical place of Mohenjo-Daro and the decent facilities and the public buildings of that period provide an indication of having a top level social arrangement of that time. The city of Mohenjo-Daro is categorized into 2 parts which are the Lower city and the Citadel city. The names are fictitious due to deficiency of proofs. In the Citadel city, there is a mud brick mound that is twelve meter in height. It is also called to have the public toilets and a huge residential structure which can settle 5000 persons at a time. Furthermore, 2 spacious assembly halls were also there which were utilized for many purposes. The Citadel city also had the general market place. The people and also the groups of households utilized the wells for satisfying their water requirements. The waste water was wisely challenged to cover all the drains going through the prominent lanes/streets.Some of the residential complexes which belonged to the rich inhibitors of the period used to have attached bathroom with rooms. There were also some traces discovered of an underground furnace which most potentially was used for heated bathing. Most of the residential complexes at the time had courtyards along with the doors which opened towards the side-streets. Furthermore, there were numerous houses which were double-storey. It was during the excavation of the year 1950, led Sir Mortimer Wheeler who really recognized a huge structure as the “Great Granary”. It was a large wooden structure with wooden wall categories which served them as a grain storage place. The complexes, astonishingly, also had the air ducts foe the purpose to dry the grains. In accordance to Sir Wheeler, people utilized carts for bringing grain from rural and far areas and the offload grain straightly in the storage bays. Just beside to the Great Granary is an enormous public bath which is also known as Great Bath sometimes.The remnants of the outstanding Mohenjo-Daro old city were left undocumented for more than 3700 years. It was with the attempts of R.D. Banerjee who took the initial step of rediscovering the location. R.D. Banerjee who was also popularly known as Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay was part of the Archaeological Survey of India as a famous archaeologist. He basically visited the location for the identification of the Buddhists’ stupa from the 150 to 500 CE eras which was probably there. He cake across the flint scraper which instantly convinced him that is a very ancient place. He came back in the year 1922 for more excavation and this time another archaeologist John Marshall was accompanying him. It was in the year 1930 when some critical excavation was conducted at the site which was led by John Marshall, Ernest Mackay and D.K. Dikshitar. Then thing came to a halt till in 145 where again excavation performance took place. Now this time, the prominent archaeologists were Mortimer Wheeler and Ahmad Hasan Dani. The last most famous excavation at the Mohenjo-Daro was conducted in 1964-1965 under the supervision of Dr. George F. Dales. It was soon after this time in 1965 when a ban was applied on more excavations due to possible risk to the exposed structures via weathering damage. Although, there were yet some significant projects and the excavations of salvage but no hardcore excavation were conducted at all. In the year 1980, Italian and German Archaeology survey or analysis groups came under the supervision of Dr. Maurizio Tosi and Dr. Michael Jansen respectively. They came with unique and innovative techniques which utilized very low invasive accesses which involves the likes of localized probing, architectural documentation and the land surveys. This attempt assisted the archaeologists with lots of data about the civilization of Mohenjo-Daro which soon became open for public.  The huge geographical place of Mohenjo-Daro and the decent facilities and the public buildings of that period provide an indication of having a top level social arrangement of that time. The city of Mohenjo-Daro is categorized into 2 parts which are the Lower city and the Citadel city. The names are fictitious due to deficiency of proofs. In the Citadel city, there is a mud brick mound that is twelve meter in height. It is also called to have the public toilets and a huge residential structure which can settle 5000 persons at a time. Furthermore, 2 spacious assembly halls were also there which were utilized for many purposes. The Citadel city also had the general market place. The people and also the groups of households utilized the wells for satisfying their water requirements. The waste water was wisely challenged to cover all the drains going through the prominent lanes/streets. Some of the residential complexes which belonged to the rich inhibitors of the period used to have attached bathroom with rooms. There were also some traces discovered of an underground furnace which most potentially was used for heated bathing. Most of the residential complexes at the time had courtyards along with the doors which opened towards the side-streets. Furthermore, there were numerous houses which were double-storey..It was during the excavation of the year 1950, led Sir Mortimer Wheeler who really recognized a huge structure as the “Great Granary”. It was a large wooden structure with wooden wall categories which served them as a grain storage place. The complexes, astonishingly, also had the air ducts foe the purpose to dry the grains. In accordance to Sir Wheeler, people utilized carts for bringing grain from rural and far areas and the offload grain straightly in the storage bays. Just beside to the Great Granary is an enormous public bath which is also known as Great Bath sometimes.The remnants of the outstanding Mohenjo-Daro old city were left undocumented for more than 3700 years. It was with the attempts of R.D. Banerjee who took the initial step of rediscovering the location. R.D. Banerjee who was also popularly known as Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay was part of the Archaeological Survey of India as a famous archaeologist. He basically visited the location for the identification of the Buddhists’ stupa from the 150 to 500 CE eras which was probably there. He cake across the flint scraper which instantly convinced him that is a very ancient place. He came back in the year 1922 for more excavation and this time another archaeologist John Marshall was accompanying him. It was in the year 1930 when some critical excavation was conducted at the site which was led by John Marshall, Ernest Mackay and D.K. Dikshitar. Then thing came to a halt till in 145 where again excavation performance took place. Now this time, the prominent archaeologists were Mortimer Wheeler and Ahmad Hasan Dani. The last most famous excavation at the Mohenjo-Daro was conducted in 1964-1965 under the supervision of Dr. George F. Dales. It was soon after this time in 1965 when a ban was applied on more excavations due to possible risk to the exposed structures via weathering damage. Although, there were yet some significant projects and the excavations of salvage but no hardcore excavation were conducted at all. In the year 1980, Italian and German Archaeology survey or analysis groups came under the supervision of Dr. Maurizio Tosi and Dr. Michael Jansen respectively. They came with unique and innovative techniques which utilized very low invasive accesses which involves the likes of localized probing, architectural documentation and the land surveys. This attempt assisted the archaeologists with lots of data about the civilization of Mohenjo-Daro which soon became open for public. The huge geographical place of Mohenjo-Daro and the decent facilities and the public buildings of that period provide an indication of having a top level social arrangement of that time. The city of Mohenjo-Daro is categorized into 2 parts which are the Lower city and the Citadel city. The names are fictitious due to deficiency of proofs. In the Citadel city, there is a mud brick mound that is twelve meter in height. It is also called to have the public toilets and a huge residential structure which can settle 5000 persons at a time. Furthermore, 2 spacious assembly halls were also there which were utilized for many purposes. The Citadel city also had the general market place. The people and also the groups of households utilized the wells for satisfying their water requirements. The waste water was wisely challenged to cover all the drains going through the prominent lanes/streets. Some of the residential complexes which belonged to the rich inhibitors of the period used to have attached bathroom with rooms. There were also some traces discovered of an underground furnace which most potentially was used for heated bathing. Most of the residential complexes at the time had courtyards along with the doors which opened towards the side-streets. Furthermore, there were numerous houses which were double-storey. It was during the excavation of the year 1950, led Sir Mortimer Wheeler who really recognized a huge structure as the “Great Granary”. It was a large wooden structure with wooden wall categories which served them as a grain storage place. The complexes, astonishingly, also had the air ducts foe the purpose to dry the grains. In accordance to Sir Wheeler, people utilized carts for bringing grain from rural and far areas and the offload grain straightly in the storage bays. Just beside to the Great Granary is an enormous public bath which is also known as Great Bath sometimes.The remnants of the outstanding Mohenjo-Daro old city were left undocumented for more than 3700 years. It was with the attempts of R.D. Banerjee who took the initial step of rediscovering the location. R.D. Banerjee who was also popularly known as Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay was part of the Archaeological Survey of India as a famous archaeologist. He basically visited the location for the identification of the Buddhists’ stupa from the 150 to 500 CE eras which was probably there. He cake across the flint scraper which instantly convinced him that is a very ancient place. He came back in the year 1922 for more excavation and this time another archaeologist John Marshall was accompanying him. It was in the year 1930 when some critical excavation was conducted at the site which was led by John Marshall, Ernest Mackay and D.K. Dikshitar. Then thing came to a halt till in 145 where again excavation performance took place. Now this time, the prominent archaeologists were Mortimer Wheeler and Ahmad Hasan Dani. The last most famous excavation at the Mohenjo-Daro was conducted in 1964-1965 under the supervision of Dr. George F. Dales. It was soon after this time in 1965 when a ban was applied on more excavations due to possible risk to the exposed structures via weathering damage. Although, there were yet some significant projects and the excavations of salvage but no hardcore excavation were conducted at all. In the year 1980, Italian and German Archaeology survey or analysis groups came under the supervision of Dr. Maurizio Tosi and Dr. Michael Jansen respectively. They came with unique and innovative techniques which utilized very low invasive accesses which involves the likes of localized probing, architectural documentation and the land surveys. This attempt assisted the archaeologists with lots of data about the civilization of Mohenjo-Daro which soon became open for public.The huge geographical place of Mohenjo-Daro and the decent facilities and the public buildings of that period provide an indication of having a top level social arrangement of that time. The city of Mohenjo-Daro is categorized into 2 parts which are the Lower city and the Citadel city. The names are fictitious due to deficiency of proofs. In the Citadel city, there is a mud brick mound that is twelve meter in height. It is also called to have the public toilets and a huge residential structure which can settle 5000 persons at a time. Furthermore, 2 spacious assembly halls were also there which were utilized for many purposes. The Citadel city also had the general market place. The people and also the groups of households utilized the wells for satisfying their water requirements. The waste water was wisely challenged to cover all the drains going through the prominent lanes/streets. Some of the residential complexes which belonged to the rich inhibitors of the period used to have attached bathroom with rooms. There were also some traces discovered of an underground furnace which most potentially was used for heated bathing. Most of the residential complexes at the time had courtyards along with the doors which opened towards the side-streets. Furthermore, there were numerous houses which were double-storey.. It was during the excavation of the year 1950, led Sir Mortimer Wheeler who really recognized a huge structure as the “Great Granary”. It was a large wooden structure with wooden wall categories which served them as a grain storage place. The complexes, astonishingly, also had the air ducts foe the purpose to dry the grains. In accordance to Sir Wheeler, people utilized carts for bringing grain from rural and far areas and the offload grain straightly in the storage bays. Just beside to the Great Granary is an enormous public bath which is also known as Great Bath sometimes.The remnants of the outstanding Mohenjo-Daro old city were left undocumented for more than 3700 years. It was with the attempts of R.D. Banerjee who took the initial step of rediscovering the location. R.D. Banerjee who was also popularly known as Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay was part of the Archaeological Survey of India as a famous archaeologist. He basically visited the location for the identification of the Buddhists’ stupa from the 150 to 500 CE eras which was probably there. He cake across the flint scraper which instantly convinced him that is a very ancient place. He came back in the year 1922 for more excavation and this time another archaeologist John Marshall was accompanying him. It was in the year 1930 when some critical excavation was conducted at the site which was led by John Marshall, Ernest Mackay and D.K. Dikshitar. Then thing came to a halt till in 145 where again excavation performance took place. Now this time, the prominent archaeologists were Mortimer Wheeler and Ahmad Hasan Dani. The last most famous excavation at the Mohenjo-Daro was conducted in 1964-1965 under the supervision of Dr. George F. Dales. It was soon after this time in 1965 when a ban was applied on more excavations due to possible risk to the exposed structures via weathering damage. Although, there were yet some significant projects and the excavations of salvage but no hardcore excavation were conducted at all. In the year 1980, Italian and German Archaeology survey or analysis groups came under the supervision of Dr. Maurizio Tosi and Dr. Michael Jansen respectively. They came with unique and innovative techniques which utilized very low invasive accesses which involves the likes of localized probing, architectural documentation and the land surveys. This attempt assisted the archaeologists with lots of data about the civilization of Mohenjo-Daro which soon became open for public. 

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