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Rise of Mohenjo-daro

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c. 2500 BC · Mohenjo-daro · Asia · Culture

A planned city with sewers — and a script still unread

Rise of Mohenjo-daro
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Mohenjo-daro became one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation, with a grid of streets, brick houses, covered drains and the Great Bath. Its script remains undeciphered to this day.

State: Indus Valley Civilization

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Sargon of Akkad boasted that ships from Meluhha moored at his capital. That was most likely the Mesopotamian name for the Indus Valley, home of Mohenjo-daro.