14/05/2012,

Helene Le Roux,

Humanities,

Ms Moore,

7b

 

The Lost City of Mohenjo Daro

4500 years ago, in our Day Pakistan was a city called Mohenjo Daro. It was positioned very intelligently next to the Indus river and on elevated ground. Archeologists found many hints that shows that this city was very developed, first it had advanced water drainage system, which made that "nearly every house had a wail and bathing area" .As the disposition of each monument was very organized and precise, with houses and workshops one one side, on the other side were the public buildings and on the highest point of the city was the fortress or citadel that was used as a storage room. "The city's wealth and stature is evident in artifacts such as ivory, lapis, carnelian, and gold beads, as well as the baked-brick city structures themselves" . It was not only rich and elaborate, it was also huge, 100 hectares and about 350 000 people! According to archeologist Jonathan Mark Kennoyer, the city might have been used as a center of trade.

Surprisingly the city's ruins did not show any trace of kings or queens which might make us think that their ruler was elected.

Sadly for an unknown reason, in 2000 Bc the city was almost totally abandoned until the Aryans, a population of warriors and herders, came and took over the Lost City of Mhenjo Daro. ( between 2000 B.C and 1500 Bc)

Bibliography

Roach, Jhon. "Lost City of Mohenjo Daro." National Geographic. N.p., 13 May 2012. Web. 13 May 2012. <http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/ archaeology/mohenjo-daro/>.