learn where mohenjo-daro is and what life was like there
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Life in Mohenjo-Daro
Objective
Learn where Mohenjo-Daro is and what life was like there.
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Mohenjo-Daro was discovered in 1992By R.D. Banerji.
Mohenjo-Daro was built in about 3000 B.C.
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The area Mohenjo-Daro is in is also called the Indian subcontinent.
Mohenjo-Daro is in southern Asia.
How did they live
Each home in Mohenjo-Daro had a bathing and drainage system.
The homes in Mohenjo-Daro were made out of equal sized bricks.
What did they have
They had a pool size bath tub.
They also had to some toys. The toys were small stone tablets.
The Newcomers had to migrated across the icy passes of the Hindu Kush Mountains.
What did they dress in They dressed in
robes. The girls dressed in
gold necklace.
Religion
The people of Mohenjo-Daro practiced Buddhism.
The people of Harappa cities also practiced Buddhism.
Working in Mohenjo-Daro
Harappan builders and engineers were very skilled
The skilled workers carved beautiful figures from small squares of stone
Potters made jar, cooking bowls, and other containers
Metalworkers made everything from copper fish hooks to razors. They also made they also made fine statues of cast sand bronze.
Mohenjo-Daro trade
The people of Mohenjo-Daro traded with other people of the Indus Valley
Standardized weights and scales are evidence found in the city of Mohenjo-Daro are evidence that they had an organized trading system
Newcomers
Around 1600 B.C Mohenjo-Daro was totally abandoned
People think it might have been because of an earthquake or massive Floods
The Newcomers had to migrated across the icy passes of the Hindu Kush Mountains.
Rescores
6th grade social studies book WWW.Nationalgeographic.com WWW.askkids.com WWW.kids.yahoo.com
Summary
In summary Mohenjo-Daro was a large and powerful city in ancient India in around 3000 b.c. The people were wealthy and worked hard. The people practiced Buddhism. Finally Mohenjo-Daro was abandoned in about 1600bc.