Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro

摩亨佐达罗考古遗迹

🇮🇹 Pakistan📅 1980 Inscribed

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The ruins of the huge city of Moenjodaro – built entirely of unbaked brick in the 3rd millennium B.C. – lie in the Indus valley. The acropolis, set on high embankments, the ramparts, and the lower town, which is laid out according to strict rules, provide evidence of an early system of town planning.

Insight I

First World Heritage site in South Asia

Insight II

One of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus River Civilization (c. 2500 BC), featuring a high level of urbanization: public baths, a college of priests, an elaborate drainage system, wells, soak pits for sewage disposal, and a large granary