MOHENJO-DARO &

HARAPPA
HIMALAYA MTS
• Karakorum and
Hindu Kush provide a
continuous source of
water for the Indus
and its tributaries.
These mountain
ranges also provided
important timber,
animal products, and
minerals, gold, silver,
tin and semiprecious
stones that were
traded throughout
the Indus Valley.
STAMPS & SEALS
• Stamps have
been found as
far away a
Sumer (Iraq).
• Used for trade?
• Currency?
• System of
writing
 “PRIEST - KING”
• Seated male
sculpture
• Ribbon head/arm
band
• Hair is combed
• Upper lip is
shaved
• Cloak is
decorated w/
trefoil(circle)
 Why is he called
“priest king”?
• Holes beneath
ears suggest
necklace or
ornament may
have been used.
• Back of head
may have held
headdress.
 “DANCING GIRL”
• Some consider her
a slave?
• Why is she a
dancing girl and
the male
sculpture a
“priest-king”?
• Some have
suggested her
features look
African?
• Could there have
 NON-ESSENTIAL ITEMS
• LUXURY GOODS
• These items
demonstrate that
Mohenjo-Daro was
wealthy.
• It suggests
surplus food that
allowed for
specialization of
labor.
• Social divisions?
• This collection of
gold, jasper and
agate ornaments
includes objects
found at both
Mohenjo-daro and
Harappa. At the top
are fillets of
hammered gold that
would have been
worn around the
forehead.
Well
 “GREAT BATH”
• Swimming pool
sized bath is
believed to use
for ritual
bathing.
• Private dressing
rooms and toilets
surrounded the
bath.
• Could this have
been a health
club?
• When did American
“invent” indoor
What skills are need
to plan out a city
like this?
 What skills are need
to plan out a city
like
• Math? Science?
this?
• Surveying?
• Civil
Engineering?
• Architecture
• Plumbing
• Centralized Gov’t
• Sophistication?
Organization?
• Other Skills?
 Are there any items
missing that you might
have expected to see?
 Are there any items
missing that you might
have expected to see?

•Any weapons
found?
•Fortificati
ons?
 Are all of the
buildings the same
size? What does this
suggest?
 Are all of the
buildings the same
size? What does this
• Social suggest?
stratification?
• Specialized use
of buildings?
Religious,
storage,
workshops?