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Mohenjo-Daro

The Mohenjo-Daro was the largest of the four ancient urban civilizations. Mohenjo-Daro means Mound of the dead. The city was built around 2600 BCE. It was found in Sind, Pakistan. The city was one of the most developed cities in South Asia, during its peak. Most homes were made of red bricks; the bricks were baked in an oven called a kiln. Some houses where two story’s and had bathrooms with toilets. The citadel mound uncovered a large building with a specially designed water tank usually referred to as the “Great Bath.” The Great Bath was where people went to bathe. The side walls of the Great Bath were built with finely fitted bricks and a thick layer of tar too keep water from seeping ...

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copper working, shell and ivory carving, lapidary and stone tool production as well as many different types of furnaces for the manufacture of terracotta pottery, stoneware bangles, glazed ornaments and fired steatite beads. The Indus people did not bury their wealth with the dead, they did occasionally hide valuable ornaments in pots and bury these under the floors of a house. At Mohenjo-Daro there are stone carvings of seated male figures that may represent some of the ancestral leaders of these communities. One of these figures is called the "Priest-King" even though there is no evidence that either priests or kings ruled the ...

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Added: 4/4/2011 08:18:53 PM
Submitted By: liam_is_hot
Category: World History
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 319
Pages: 2

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