Mohenjo-daro: The Planned City of the Indus

More than four thousand years ago, a city had covered drains and straight streets. No palace towered over it. No king's name is carved on any wall — and we don't even know what its people called it. Mohenjo-daro was one of the great cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. This is the story of the planned city of the Indus. CHAPTERS 00:00 A city without a name 00:41 Rediscovered: Rakhaldas Banerji and John Marshall 02:51 No palace, no temple, no king 03:09 Streets dead straight 03:43 The granary: great public structures 04:42 Covered drains along every street 07:24 The Great Bath 08:51 What the mystery costs us 10:02 The fading of the Indus cities SOURCES Archaeological Survey of India — Mohenjo-daro excavation reports UNESCO World Heritage Centre — "Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro", World Heritage listing, 1980 Roots and Ruins tells the forgotten history they never taught you. Subscribe for a new story every day.