WORLD CIVILIZATION

CIVILIZATION

INDUS VALLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When was Mohenjo-daro discovered?
A
1921
B
1923
C
1922
D
1924
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Mohenjo-daro was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, two years after major excavations had begun at Harappa, some 590 km to the north.

Detailed explanation-2: -The name Mohenjo-daro is reputed to signify “the mound of the dead.” The archaeological importance of the site was first recognized in 1922, one year after the discovery of Harappa. Subsequent excavations revealed that the mounds contain the remains of what was once the largest city of the Indus civilization.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni CIE (16 December 1879 – 7 March 1939) was an Indian archaeologist who supervised the excavation of the Indus valley site at Harappa in 1920 to 1921 But the first report of Harappan excavations came out in 1921, 29 March by John Marshall.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1924, John Marshall, Director-General of the ASI, announced the discovery of a new civilisation in the Indus valley to the world.

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