Mohenjo-Daro would have succumbed to official apathy and floods if not for its drainage system It is painful to see the 5,000-year-old metropolis of the Indus Valley Civilisation in a pitiable ...

Ironically, the civilization at Mohenjo-daro, which is known as the "Mound of the Dead" in the local Sindhi language, built an elaborate drainage system that has been critical in saving it from ...

Though Mohenjo Daro survived, ... Perched high above the Indus river, the city was equipped with a primitive drainage system and sewers, meaning much of the floodwaters could be evacuated.

Mr Abbasi said Mohenjo-daro’s civilisation built an elaborate drainage system, which has been critical in flooding in the past. Mohenjo-daro translates to the “Hill of the Dead” or the ...

DADU: Unesco experts Thierry Joffroy and Ms Kristina on Saturday inspected rain-hit parts of the 5,000-year-old Mohenjo Daro town and carried out experiments on mud-bricked walls and drainage ...

Mohenjo Daro — or Mound of the Dead in Sindhi —is an ancient civilization in the heart of Pakistan that cropped up on the Indus river 4,500 years ago. The ruins of the city are now a UNESCO ...

Record rains in Pakistan damage Mohenjo Daro archaeological site. ... It proved that the original drainage system worked even 5,000 years after it was built,” he said.

The ruins of Mohenjo-Daro, a bronze age city in the southeastern province of Sindh, sit on raised platforms with sophisticated drainage systems that protected them from annual monsoon rains.

LARKANA: Unesco expert Thierry Joffroy, who had visited Mohenjo Daro from October 21 to 28 to assess the damage caused by recent rains and flooding in Sindh, has called for revising the ...

Mohenjo-daro is an archaeological site in the province of Sindh, ... Perched high above the Indus river, the city was equipped with a primitive drainage system and sewers, ...