WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Huge earth mounds dot the Indus Valley. In 1922, archaeologists found something exciting beneath these mounds! They found the remains of an ancient city called Harappa . They found another city, located 400 miles southwest of Harappa, called Mohenjo-Daro, which means “mound of the dead” in Sanskrit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mohenjo-daro, the modern name for the site, has been interpreted as “Mound of the Dead” in Sindhi.

Detailed explanation-3: -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: -Mohenjo-daro, meaning ‘Mound of the Dead Men’ is an archaeological site and ancient city complex located west of the Indus River in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mohenjo Daro, or “Mound of the Dead” is an ancient Indus Valley Civilization city that flourished between 2600 and 1900 BCE.

Detailed explanation-6: -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.