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GREAT DISCOVERIES · c. 2500 BCE

Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan

Mohenjo-daro was one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. The civilization's script has still not been deciphered.

Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The story, as a puzzle

A city of drains and baths.
Some 4,500 years ago, a planned city of brick houses, covered drains and a great public bath stood beside a major river of South Asia. It was rediscovered in the 1920s. Pin it.

Where it is

Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan · 27.3292, 68.1389

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre ↗

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