Abstract
The ancient 5000 BC years old Indus Valley Civilization, widely recognized as one of the most important early cities of South Asia. It is one of the world’s first cities and contemporaneous with ancient Egyptian Civilizations and Mesopotamian civilizations. Mohenjo-Daro is located west of the Indus River around 28 kilometres (17 miles) from the town of Larkana District, Sindh; Pakistan.The Indus Valley civilization was entirely unknown until 1921. It was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, under the direction of John Marshall, K. N. Mohenjo-Daro does mean 'Mound of the dead'. It is the name given by the locals to the place.The total area of Mohenjo-daro is 620 acres. Numerous objects found in excavation include seated and standing figures, copper and stone tools, carved seals, balance-scales and weights, gold and jasper jewellery, and children's toys. Many important objects from Mohenjo-daro are conserved at the National Museum of India in Delhi and the National Museum of Pakistan in Karachi. In 1939, a representative collection of arteffacts excavated at the site was transferred to the British Museum by the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India. [1]
محمد سلیمان آریجو: ریسرچ اسکالر شاہ عبداللطیف یونیورسٹی خیرپورمیرس. (2019) موئن (موھن) کے دڑے(پاکستان، سندھ، لاڑکانہ) کا ذکر قرآن پاک میں, Bayan-ul-Hikmah, Vol. 5, Issue 1.
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