Discover the intriguing history of Mohenjo-daro, once a thriving city of the Indus Valley Civilization with 40,000 residents. How did this once-bustling metropolis suddenly become deserted? Scientists ...

Around 2500 BC, in what is now the Sindh province of Pakistan, a city of tens of thousands of people was laid out on a grid, ...

Publishers need perhaps to be reminded that such a high-pressure campaign could be unfair to their own author. Too much comes to be expected, and a yardstick set which one is not likely to apply to ...

Back in 1919-20, R. D Banerji, an Archaeological Survey of India officer, rediscovered the ancient site of Mohenjo Daro, following the finding of a flint scraper. What followed next was years and ...

The Sindh government has responded strongly to a claim by India's ministry of culture regarding Mohenjo daro, rejecting any attempt to distort the site's historical identity. Sindh Minister for ...

An Indian archaeologist, whose career was marked by brilliance and controversy, made one of the world's greatest historical discoveries. Yet he remains largely forgotten today. In the early 1900s, ...

Researchers first visited the site in 1911 and various excavations were carried out in the 1920s through to 1931. Subsequent digs took place in 1950 and 1964, which provided fascinating glimpses into ...