Life in Mohenjo-Daro

Objective

Learn where Mohenjo-Daro is and what life was like there.

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Mohenjo-Daro was discovered in 1992By R.D. Banerji.

Mohenjo-Daro was built in about 3000 B.C.

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The area Mohenjo-Daro is in is also called the Indian subcontinent.

Mohenjo-Daro is in southern Asia.

How did they live

Each home in Mohenjo-Daro had a bathing and drainage system.

The homes in Mohenjo-Daro were made out of equal sized bricks.

What did they have

They had a pool size bath tub.

They also had to some toys. The toys were small stone tablets.

The Newcomers had to migrated across the icy passes of the Hindu Kush Mountains.

What did they dress in They dressed in

robes. The girls dressed in

gold necklace.

Religion

The people of Mohenjo-Daro practiced Buddhism.

The people of Harappa cities also practiced Buddhism.

Working in Mohenjo-Daro

Harappan builders and engineers were very skilled

The skilled workers carved beautiful figures from small squares of stone

Potters made jar, cooking bowls, and other containers

Metalworkers made everything from copper fish hooks to razors. They also made they also made fine statues of cast sand bronze.

Mohenjo-Daro trade

The people of Mohenjo-Daro traded with other people of the Indus Valley

Standardized weights and scales are evidence found in the city of Mohenjo-Daro are evidence that they had an organized trading system

Newcomers

Around 1600 B.C Mohenjo-Daro was totally abandoned

People think it might have been because of an earthquake or massive Floods

The Newcomers had to migrated across the icy passes of the Hindu Kush Mountains.

Rescores

6th grade social studies book WWW.Nationalgeographic.com WWW.askkids.com WWW.kids.yahoo.com

Summary

In summary Mohenjo-Daro was a large and powerful city in ancient India in around 3000 b.c. The people were wealthy and worked hard. The people practiced Buddhism. Finally Mohenjo-Daro was abandoned in about 1600bc.