Monday, July 4, 2011

Mohenjo Daro (HISTORY AND PICTURES)

Mohenjodaro was located in the Sind Province, which is in south of Modern Pakistan. It was situated on the right bank of the Indus River. Mohenjodaro Pakistan was established between 4000 and 5000 years ago. Mohenjodaro and Harappan Civilization are the most important places included in Pakistan Heritage Tourism.

Mohenjodaro in Pakistan was about one square mile in size. Mohenjodaro was the hub of Indus valley civilization, which is one of the oldest civilizations. It was the most planned city at that point of time. During the period of Indus valley civilization, about 5000 people used to live in Mohenjodaro. The city was divided into two parts. The Citadel 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 connected every part of the city. Thus it is firmly believed that Mohenjodaro was indeed a well planned city.

Mohenjodaro was the first place to start the usage of bricks, which were made of mud or wood. In fact there was very little usage of stones in building up the city. However Mohenjodaro was completely destroyed when Indus River changed its course. The whole civilization went under water and there are only remains of it left, which still now attracts great number of tourists from all over the world.
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Main Stoopa

Great Bath

Dancing Girl

Indus Priest/King Statue



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  1. UnknownJune 11, 2013 at 10:08 PM

    Pakistan have many places which are most historical and Mohenjo daro is one of them. nice blog written on it and not only that only picture who describe the history of Mohejo daro even when you visit here you can see other beautiful places as well. So i suggest you that get cheap flights to Pakistan and visit here to explore the history.

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  2. Tangella MadhaviAugust 7, 2013 at 1:16 AM

    Hello, I am Madhavi writing to you from BBC Worldwide. Could you please give me your email id as we would like to get in touch with you regarding using content from your blog.
    Thanking you,
    with warm regards,
    Madhavi Tangella
    manzilechar@gmail.com

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  3. Tangella MadhaviAugust 7, 2013 at 1:18 AM

    Hello!

    Greetings from Mumbai, India

    We, at BBC Worldwide, are producing a series involving human-interest stories, based on history and mythology, where the storytelling style is modern docu-contemporary. The series is essentially an unprecedented, definitive list of the people, moments and stories that have contributed to India as we know it today. This list covers the most iconic faces, incidents and things in Indian history, across different categories.

    We would like to use some material we found online, as visual support for this series. Please do let us know if you hold the rights for the following images and if yes, then please let us know how we can proceed on acquiring this visual as well as getting permissions to use the same. We will, of course, provide an acknowledgment/credit/ footage courtesy on the show.

    Link : http://pakplaces.blogspot.in/2011/07/mohenjo-daro-history-and-pictures.html

    Images in the above link:

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AKMCP398aVw/ThGm2wIwpXI/AAAAAAAAAB0/in2Ipj1BjW0/s1600/mohenjodaro_IMG02.jpg

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CiqCpzTKM2E/ThGnS4FuqsI/AAAAAAAAAB4/TI91DAR66qA/s1600/greatbath_IMG03.jpg

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-E_Ze7LfEmMM/ThGnjutn_JI/AAAAAAAAAB8/zR0qDLPyHPk/s1600/Women-Dancer-from-Mohenjo-Daro_IMG04.jpg



    Hope to hear from you at the earliest. We really appreciate the help.

    Thanking you,

    Warm Regards,

    Tangella Madhavi
    Researcher
    BBC Worldwide

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