The site, with its monumental structural remains, street pattern, covered drains, baths, wells and all necessary features needed for sanitation and administration, is known as the first urban centre of the Indus civilization.

UNESCO: Safeguarding Moenjodaro

This city of the Indus civilization was excavated in the 1920s and 1930s, spreading over an area of almost 600 acre and 10% of which has been excavated and was one of the most ancient planned cities in the world built entirely of fired brick in accordance to a carefully designed urban planning scheme.

UNESCO: Safeguarding Moenjodaro

Moenjodaro never rose again, and the Indus Valley civilization that it dominated soon disappeared too.

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