Mysterious relics of the two great ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo Daro in India
The Indian River is one of the longest rivers in the world of old India, now flowing in Pakistan. Before the XVIII century, people were surprised that the river hidden in this little-known desert had a glorious past comparable to the ancient Egyptian civilization. Moreover, this civilization is considered a unique civilization in human history.
The Indian River civilization was first noticed by people, after excavating the 17th-century Harappa site . In Harappa, archaeologists have discovered a major city site. In the middle of the nineteenth century, the head of the archaeological department of Kannihan, when he came to Harappa for the second time, discovered a unique seal, but he considered it an external object. So he just wrote a simple report about this excavation. 50 years later, no one paid attention to this site. Unexpectedly, in a centralized Harappa area, the East-West length of 1600km, the North-South length of 1400km, many relics of the same civilization were discovered. This discovery shocked the world archaeological world, because an ancient civilization with such a large scale is unique in the world.
Old city of Harappa.(Photo: Wikipedia).
In 1922, a coincidence, it was discovered that the monument of Mohenjo Daro is 600km south of Harappa. The excavated artifacts here are very much like excavated artifacts at Harappa. Archaeologists immediately recall the seal of excavation at Harappa and the distance between the two sites. These two sites are located in the Indian River basin and are called the Indian River civilization . According to the survey, these two sites started construction 5,000 years ago, even further.
What surprised people is not only the area and the date of the two sites, but the two sites belong to the same civilization, but the standard of living is not the same. Why is there such a strange phenomenon?
The results of the Indian seal excavated at Harappa make people disappointed? No one can read the word on this seal. Writing is a standard for assessing national civilization. The stamped seal can play an important role in economic and political activities. Based on the excavations of these two sites, speculators speculate that Harappa and Mohenjo Daro are both urban.
To prove this, archaeologists conducted large-scale excavations in Mohejo Daro. The area is about 100km 2 divided into 2 East-West zones. East area is a big street, the West is a citadel. Western architecture is 10m high. In the citadel, there is a barn built with bricks and architectural works used for bathing called "Big Lake Lake". Very large barn that surprised everyone. This proves, Mohenjo Daro is a big city. How did the old people collect such a large amount of rice in stock? The East Zone is a four-way street with a width of more than 10m in the direction of East-West and South North. All houses have wells and gardens. Houses built of stone bricks burned through fire.
If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe. In other civilizations, bricks were only used to build royal palaces. What makes archaeologists the most amazing, here is a complete drainage system. The level of completion of this drainage system in some modern middle-class cities has not been achieved. Drain water in the second floor latrine can follow the pipe in the wall to the sewer. Some families also have garbage dumps from high floors. Dirty water from houses flows into drainage ditches, then flows into sewers like underground canals. Underground sewers are crowded throughout the city. Standing in front of this intermittent underground sewer system, people can't help but admire the creativity of the ancients. All residential areas have a corner set.
From the excavation result, this is a city that pays great attention to public works serving people. How is this a morphological society? Why not have a palace. All houses are the same standard, completely unlike the ancient Inca state, the palace, the shrine, and unlike the ancient Egyptians, there are many Pharaoh's tombs and the big difference between the rich and the rich. poor people, unlike ancient Mesopotamia.
Mohenjo Daro.(Photo: Wikipedia).
In addition to modern drainage system. Mohenjo Daro also has many river ports connecting with the Indian River and the Arabian Sea. This is a manifestation of open and positive external economic activities. All of those planning? This designer is most likely a modernized person.
All Mohenjo Daro does not have a defensive system and an offensive weapon, nor does it have a sophisticated artwork. This is the most ' nonexistent' thing and first of all known.
Who is this urban ruler? How to use this method to rule this vast land?
Mohenjo Daro and Harappa have exactly the same urban architecture. Could these two places be capital cities? There are no palaces in the two sites, how can you guess the ruler? Of all the relics, archaeologists do not actually detect traces of the king or the priesthood. The brain of the Indian civilization 5000 years ago abandoned the monarchy? Such a large country cannot be without rulers. Archaeologists carefully study the first and later excavation seals. but through nearly a century of effort, there is no way to read the words on it. Is it a symbol of power? If yes, why don't these two ancient citadels have a palace and the spirit? On some seals engraved with images of gods, some speculate that they may be religious relics. But some people immediately object, they are the conservation of the family or the individual, cannot prove that this nation has religion. Moreover, nearly three hundred thousand seals have a god image so only a very small part.
It is said that just reading the words on the seal can know the background of this civilization. In fact, writing can help people understand the origin of the prosperity and decline of civilization, but most archaeologists think that many studies must be done to make conclusions.
Seal of the Indian River civilization.(Photo: Wikipedia).
Initially, people thought that this civilization developed thanks to the influence of other civilizations. But archaeological excavations prove this conclusion completely wrong. The examination of the bones of the excavators here also proves that the people here carry a lot of blood from many types of people, not a people today we know.
Who are those who have built a civilized city on a land that today cannot reside if not the ancestors of the Indians? How is the civilization of the Indian River removed? This question may find some clues to the answers from the excavated skeletons at Mohenjo Daro.
The excavated skeletons here all died in a strange state. The dead here must not be buried in the grave.They all died suddenly . In the site of conventional ancient civilizations, unless an earthquake or volcano broke out, there was no such sudden death. Mohenjo Daro has not yet struck an earthquake or volcanic eruption. Human bones here are found in the house. There are many corpses in the house that are turned into copper. It is very strange that the body with both hands clasped its face, seemingly protecting itself. If not for an earthquake or volcanic eruption, what makes them so instant death? Archaeologists raise a lot of hypotheses such as epidemics, assault, mass suicide . but are rejected. These hypotheses do not give true evidence.
Dr. Kara thoroughly analyzed the chemistry of excavated skeletons at Mohenjo Daro. In his report, "In 9 white skeletons, I found traces of high temperature . needless to say, this is of course not cremation, nor a fire sign." What is the strange heat temperature that caused Mohenjo Daro residents to die so suddenly? People think of nuclear war that happened in many places in ancient times that some scientists speculated. So the Mohenjo Daro site relates to ancient nuclear war? The Asian Indian mainland was once a battlefield of ancient nuclear wars that were preached in myths and epics? The war scene depicted in the "Mahabharata" epic 5000 years ago is like the tragedy of Hiroshima Japan. The weapons described in the epic even the most modern weapons today are incomparable.
The history of the 'Ramayana' exam once depicts scenes of tens of thousands of defeated soldiers in the blink of an eye. One point of interest in this epic is that the battlefield of this war is called the 'Lanka ' city . 'Lanka' is the name that the locals call the ancient city of Mohenjo Daro? According to local residents, after the territorial division in 1947, Mohenjo Daro of Pakistani territory was banned from excavation. At that time, there were many 'economic buildings' left behind after the Hiroshima nuclear explosion, called 'Tolinidi', the first atomic bomb in the world after exploding in the Alamogordo desert in New Mexico. There is 'glass material' created by weight. However, speculation is still speculation. Scientists are increasingly convinced that on this Earth there have been many civilizations and destruction, but the conclusion that the Mohenjo Daro civilization was destroyed by ancient nuclear war is still too early.
It is said that the Indian civilization also emerged and existed with other civilizations. In the beginning of this civilization was influenced by another civilization. There is also an opinion that the Ganges civilization is the result of the integration of many ancient human civilizations. But all this is just a guess!
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