Mohenjo-daro
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Mohenjo-daro is an ancient Indus Valley Civilization city in present-day Pakistan, renowned for its advanced urban planning, architecture, and archaeological significance.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indus Valley Civilization site
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| abandonedInPeriod | after 1900 BCE ⓘ |
| civilization |
Indus Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Indus Valley Civilization
|
| conservationStatus | at risk from deterioration ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | R. D. Banerji ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| elevation | mound above surrounding plain ⓘ |
| era | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Ernest J. H. Mackay
ⓘ
John Marshall ⓘ K. N. Dikshit ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | c. 2600–1900 BCE ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | c. 2600 BCE ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
assembly hall
ⓘ
covered drains ⓘ granary ⓘ platforms and streets on cardinal axes ⓘ private bathrooms ⓘ public wells ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | National heritage site of Pakistan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Great Bath
ⓘ
Indus script inscriptions ⓘ advanced drainage system ⓘ baked brick architecture ⓘ bronze statuettes ⓘ citadel mound ⓘ craft production ⓘ grid-pattern street layout ⓘ lower town residential area ⓘ standardized weights and measures ⓘ steatite seals ⓘ terracotta figurines ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pakistan
ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Indus River ⓘ |
| partOf |
Indus Valley
ⓘ
surface form:
Indus Valley Civilization
|
| region | Larkana District ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
environmental degradation
ⓘ
salinity ⓘ waterlogging ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | true ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria |
(ii)
ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1980 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.