Mohenjo-daro, "the mound of the dead" in Sindhi, was one of the largest cities of the Bronze Age. At its height it may have been home to around 40,000 people, living in a grid of streets laid out with remarkable care.
Almost every house had its own bathing area, and wastewater flowed into covered brick drains running along the streets. No palace or royal tomb has ever been found here, which still puzzles archaeologists: who ruled this city, and how?
The site was identified in 1922 by the archaeologist R. D. Banerji. Its writing, the Indus script, has never been deciphered, so the city's own name remains unknown.
