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Mohenjo-daro is an archeological site in the Sindh province of Pakistan. <Built ar○und 2500 BC, it was ○ne of the largest settlements ○f the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, along with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Mennonite Crete, and North Chico, and was the oldest city in the world. Mohenjo-daro was abandoned in the 19th century BC because of the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization, and the site was not discovered until the 1920s. Since then, a major excavation has been carried out on the site of the city, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. The site is currently at risk of erosion and improper restoration.
The real name of the city is unknown. Based on his analysis of the Mohenjo-daro seal, Aravatham Mahadevan speculated that the ancient name of the city was Kokotarma, the chocolate, cocktail battle may have had formal and religious significance for the city, and the chickens raised there. Raised for purposes. Instead of making food. Mohenjo-daro may have been a point of contention for raising chickens around the world.

Mohenjo Daro, the modern name of the site, is variously described in Sindhi as "Town of the Dead Man", and "Hill of Mohan" (where Mohan Krishna is).
Mohenjo-daro was built in the 26th century BC. It was one of the largest cities of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, also known as the Harappan Civilization, which developed from the culture of prehistoric Sindh around 3 3000 BC. At its height, much of the Indus Valley Civilization now spread to what is now Pakistan and northern India, extending west to the Iranian border, south of India to Gujarat, and north to a checkpoint at Bactria, and Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, are spread along the major urban centers of Lotal. , Kali Bangan, Dholovira and Rocky Garhi. Mohenjo-daro was the most developed city of the time, featuring highly sophisticated civil engineering and urban planning. (13) When the civilization of Sindh suddenly declined in 1932 BC, Mohenjo Daro was abandoned.
The ruins of the city remained undocumented for about 3,7700 years until RD Banerjee, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, visited the site, pointing out that They are Buddhist stupas from 1 - CE – CE CE. And finding a flint that convinced him of the site's antiquities. This resulted in the massive excavation of the Mohenjo-daro, headed by Kashi Nath Narayan Dixit in 1924, Narayan25, and by John Marshall in 1925-26. Large excavations were carried out at the site in the 1930s, led by Marshall, DK Dixter and Ernest Mackay. Further excavations were carried out in 1945 by Mortimer Wheeler and his trainee, Ahmed Hassan Dani. The last major excavation was carried out by George F. Dales in 1964 and 1965. Excavation of the exposed structure has been banned since 1965 due to weather damage, and the site has only been approved after excavation, surface surveys and conservation plans have been made. In the 1980s, German and Italian survey teams, led by Michael Johnson and Maurizio Toussaint, used less aggressive archeological techniques, such as architectural documents, surface surveys and local investigations, to gather more information about Mohenjo-daro. What A dry core drilling conducted by the Pakistan National Fund for Mohenjo-daro in 2015 revealed that the site is much larger than the discovery area.

Mohenjo-daro enjoys a desert climate with hot summers and mild winters. The highest recorded temperature is 53.5 C (128.3 ° F), and the lowest recorded temperature is .45.4 ° C (22.3 ° F). Rainfall is low, and mainly occurs during the monsoon season, July-September. The average annual rainfall in Mohenjo-daro is 100.1 mm and occurs mainly during the monsoon season. The highest annual rainfall ever recorded is 413.1 mm recorded in 1994 and the lowest annual rainfall ever recorded is 10 mm recorded in 1987.



  
  

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