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 ...

So what caused the decline of Mohenjo Daro? 2:59. ... Wells were found throughout the city, and nearly every house contained a bathing area and drainage system. City of mounds.

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 ...

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 likely was, at its time, the greatest city in the world. Roughly 4,500 years ago, as many as 35,000 people lived and worked in the massive city , which occupies 250 acres along ...

Mohenjo Daro is a symbol of the region’s rich, glorious past, ... In 2018, a 5,000-year-old drainage system was reactivated to protect the site from further decay.

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.

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 ...