WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -: a mound erected over the dead. especially : one constructed by the Indian Mound Builders of North America.

Detailed explanation-3: -S.R. Rao in Lothal (p. 18) wrote: “The word ‘Lothal’ in Gujarati formed by combining the words Loth and thal (sthal) means ‘the mound of the dead’. The word ‘Mohenjodaro’ in Sindhi also conveys the same meaning."

Detailed explanation-4: -The meaning of Lothal (a combination of Loth and (s) thal) in Gujarati is “the mound of the dead". This is not unusual, as the name of the city of Mohenjo-daro in Sindhi translates to the same. People in villages neighbouring to Lothal had known of the presence of an ancient town and human remains.

Detailed explanation-5: -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. Large-scale excavations were carried out at the site under the direction of John Marshall, K. N.