WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Discovery and Major Excavations 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mohenjo-daro was abandoned in the 19th century BCE as the Indus Valley Civilization declined, and the site was not rediscovered until the 1920s.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 1920s archaeologists discovered the two lost cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. The founding of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1861 during the British rule in India led to the excavation of Harappa and Mohenjodaro.

Detailed explanation-4: -The two great cities named Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were first identified in 1921. These two excavated cities were first inhabited by people in 2600 BCE, and they flourished along the valley of the Indus River.