Moen Jo Daro

Moen Jo Daro

In the ancient history there had been much remarkable civilization in the human history such as, Sumerian civilization, and Egyptian civilization. By the same line the Indus valley civilization has been termed as much important, significant and splendid civilization as the above mentioned ones. Indus valley civilization came to know by the ruins of Moen jo Daro, which is said to be 2500 B.C.

I am privileged to visit the ancient city several times, it is so beautiful. It is a very good site for tourism. People from all over the world come to see the beauty of architecture of the city. There is a museum where one can see idles, jewelry, crockery and much more, which belong to the people who used to live in the city thousand year ago. There is the picture of Moen Jo Daro on the note of ten rupees of Pakistan.

Lets read the details of the city.

Moen Jo Daro

Moen Jo Daro (The Mound of The Dead) is one of the ancient cities in the world. It is located in the Sindh province on the right bank of the Indus River. Moen Jo Daro was discovered in 1922 by Sir John Marshall. The city was built almost five thousand years ago. The city was approximately one square mile in size, and it had almost 35000 residents.

Mohenjodaro and Harappan Civilization are the most important places of Pakistan Heritage for Tourism.

Architecture of The City

In the found ruins at the site it seems that the city contains streets, building, houses, a granary, baths, assembly halls and towers.

Furthermore the city was divided into two parts. In the first part of the Citadel that accommodated the huge tank or bath, which had fine brickwork and systematic drainage system. This whole part was surrounded by a veranda. On the other side, there were the giant granary, well planned residential complex and two assembly halls. The lower city was build to the east of the Citadel

The streets were straight, and were drained to keep the area sanitary. The very little stones were used in the construction. Two types of bricks- mud bricks, and wood bricks, were used. The people were good at irrigation and flood control.

It is firmly believed that Moen Jo Daro was indeed a well planned city. 

Attractive Place for Tourism

It is assumed by some historian and archeologists that Moen Jo Daro was completely destroyed when IndusRiver changed its course. The whole civilization went under water and there are only relics of it left, which still now attract great number of tourists from all over the world. On the other hand some believe that this destruction caused by severe earthquake which turned it over for ever into the mounds of dead that is the name given to it.

Anyway, it can be seen from the relics of the Indus valley civilization that it once had been richest and prosperous city of the well mannered and educated people. Several examples have been seen that they were well crafted and well educated people because some writings have been found on different bricks, and things. That writing has not been deciphered by the educators, archeologists and anthropologists but they hope that one they would be able to decipher the writings. Then definitely the great civilization will be well known to the world.