A train journey into the silence of Mohenjo-Daro, where time still breathes

A train journey into the silence of Mohenjo-Daro, where time still breathes

KARACHI: The dust clung to my shoes long after I had left Mohenjo-Daro after a short visit. On the train back home, as darkness settled outside the window, I found myself reflecting on how a civilisation five thousand years old could be absorbed, or even understood, in just three hours. Mohenjo-Daro, meaning “Mound of the Dead”, was built around 2500 BCE in Sindh and was a major city of the Indus Valley Civilisation. Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is known for its grid-based planning, s...

By [email protected] (Dawar Shoaib)