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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A ruined prehistoric city of Pakistan in the Indus River valley northeast of Karachi. Its remains date to c. 2500 BC.
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But not to Irab; to a totally different country called "Mohenjo-Daro."
Alan Grayson: Governor Cretin: A Hypothetical Alan Grayson 2012
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But not to Irab; to a totally different country called "Mohenjo-Daro."
Alan Grayson: Governor Cretin: A Hypothetical Alan Grayson 2012
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But not to Irab; to a totally different country called "Mohenjo-Daro."
Alan Grayson: Governor Cretin: A Hypothetical Alan Grayson 2012
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Some 4600 years ago, another city, known as Mohenjo-Daro, flourished in the Indus River valley.
October « 2008 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008
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Some 4600 years ago, another city, known as Mohenjo-Daro, flourished in the Indus River valley.
Another Form of Arrogance « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2008
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Silverberg delights with travelogues to Alexandria, Mohenjo-Daro, and a futuristic New Chicago, all of which were absolutely delightful and worthwhile in themselves.
Archive 2009-10-01 adamosf 2009
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We started wheat cultivation from the Mohenjo-Daro times (part of the Indus Valley civilization now in Pakistan), but since then we have hardly produced 6 million tons of wheat …
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Although often overshadowed by the grander, and much later, Indus Valley sites of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, Mehrgarh is well known in archaeological circles as the only South Asian site with a 5,000-year-long continuous sequence of settlements, beginning in the eighth millennium B.C.
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South Asia, to 72 B.C.E. An early urban civilization in the Indus Valley produced the polished stone, metals, incised seals, and pictographs excavated since 1920 at Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
C. Early Civilizations and Classical Empires of South and East Asia 2001
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It was anchored in two great cities along the Indus River, Harappa itself and Mohenjo-Daro, each carefully laid out in a gridlike pattern.
C. Early Civilizations and Classical Empires of South and East Asia 2001
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