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Mohenjo-daro

c. 2600-1900 BCE · Pakistan

A planned Indus city with standardized brick, streets, wells, drains and craft neighborhoods.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Mohenjo-daro, c. 2600-1900 BCE. — AI-generated visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of a single event.

How the setting appeared

Straight streets crossed dense baked-brick blocks with hundreds of wells, bathing platforms, covered drains and elevated public buildings.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-MOHENJO-DAROCIT-CORE001-MOHENJO-BRITISH-MUSEUM Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Courtyard houses ranged in size but shared water and drainage technologies; food came from riverine farming and herding.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-MOHENJO-DAROCIT-CORE001-MOHENJO-BRITISH-MUSEUM Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Bead makers, metalworkers, potters, seal carvers and merchants used standardized weights across a wide exchange zone.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-MOHENJO-DAROCIT-CORE001-MOHENJO-BRITISH-MUSEUM Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

The undeciphered script limits certainty; bathing, figurines, seals and special buildings resist one simple religious interpretation.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-MOHENJO-DAROCIT-CORE001-MOHENJO-BRITISH-MUSEUM Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: First cities and Bronze Age
Region: South Asia · Pakistan
Languages and scripts: Indus script (undeciphered)
Important people: No individual is centered in this record
Events and changes: Mohenjo-daro developed as a planned Indus city c. 2600 BCE.; Its street grid, drainage systems, wells, and Great Bath were in use c. 2600-1900 BCE.; Large-scale urban occupation declined by c. 1900 BCE.
Evidence confidence: REC-A for brick planning, wells and drainage; REC-B for daily activity; religious interpretation remains debated.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-MOHENJO-DAROCIT-CORE001-MOHENJO-BRITISH-MUSEUM Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

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Agent citation CIT-CORE-MOHENJO-DAROCIT-CORE001-MOHENJO-BRITISH-MUSEUM Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-MOHENJO-DARO

Mohenjo-daro: record evidence guide

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/138/

whc.unesco.org

CIT-CORE001-MOHENJO-BRITISH-MUSEUM

Stamp seal from Mohenjo-daro

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1947-0416-1

The British Museum

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