Archaeologists named this city Mohanjo Daro are mound of the dead men. It was a full square mile of immaculately constructed roads lined with brick walls, multiple story homes and courtyards. The Indus Valley Civilization spanned at least 800,000 square kilometers through modern-day India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
The Indus Valley civilization was one of the largest, most advanced civilizations in the ancient world. But we barely know anything about them, in large part because we haven’t been able to decipher the cryptic symbols they left behind.
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