"Faceless" Indus Valley National Geographic Article Summery

In 1921 a new civilization was discovered in what would become modern day Pakistan, the discovery revealed the Indus Valley civilization and the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. This culture/civilization emerged around 4,500 tears ago and remained thriving with trade and their highly fertile land from the Indus River floodplane for nearly 1000 years.

The inhabitents of this great Indus civilization were (as archaeologists have discovered) skilled urban planners with an understanding of how to control water using irrigation systems. However to the modern-day people those who occupied the ancient city in the 3rd millinnium still remain a mysterious puzzle.

The entire city is shrouded in mystery. It lacks palaces, temples, and monuments, there is no obvious central seat of government or showings of kings and queens. The city does however show signs that cleanliness and modesty we ranked hightly in this mysterious civilization. The city also appeared to be high in wealth and stature due to artifact that have been discovered such ivory, lapis, carnelian, and gold beads, also don't forget the baked-brick structures around the city.

Some examples of the ancient cities great irrigation systems include a watertight pool callecd the Great Bath. The Great Bath was perched ontop of a mound of dirt held inplace by some of the baked brick walls, it is the clostest structure that Mohenjo Daro has to a temple. Archaeologists also found that there were wells located in many places around the city as well as bathing areas and drainage systems in almost all houses in the area.

From about 2,500 to 1,900 the city was among some of the most important to the Indus civilization. However seeing as it had no government it was probably governed as a city-state. Maybe elected officials were chosen from each of the mounds.