Mohenjo-Daro

American  

[moh-hen-joh-dahr-oh] / moʊˈhɛn dʒoʊˈdɑr oʊ /

noun

1. an archaeological site in Pakistan, near the Indus River: six successive ancient cities were built here.

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Mohenjo-Daro British  

/ məˈhɛndʒəʊˈdɑːrəʊ /

noun

1. an excavated city in SE Pakistan, southwest of Sukkur near the River Indus: flourished during the third millennium _bc

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Example Sentences

It appears that most communities in and around Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro abandoned the sites around 1700 BCE, when they became unable to feed and supply themselves.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Equipped with those tools, the Indus River valley produced two of the ancient world’s most technologically advanced cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The two largest cities emerged at what are now the archaeological sites of Harappa in the northeast and Mohenjo-Daro to the southeast and downriver.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Dubbed the Great Bath because of its considerable size and technological sophistication, the solid brick pool occupied a focal place in the now deserted city of Mohenjo-Daro in what has become modern Pakistan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2016

"We never found a university, with a half-million-volume library, at Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro."

From Omnilingual by Freas, Kelly