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

In the northwest of the Indian subcontinent, the Indus civilization flourished in the third millennium bc, with remarkable cities at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro that featured brick houses, advanced drainage and a large public bath.

From Nature

The great bath at Mohenjo-daro, a city of the Indus civilization built around 2500 bc in what is now Pakistan.Credit:

From Nature

Mohenjo-daro, the seat of that ancient river culture, is shared – no matter modern partitions – between our two countries.

From The Guardian

I spent many days in my childhood among the bricks of Mohenjo-daro.

From The Guardian

In the Indus capital of Mohenjo-daro in today’s Pakistan, for example, the art depicts few individual people, and houses built with standard-sized bricks line regularly spaced city blocks.

From Science Magazine