Located in the present day country of Pakistan lies one of the most mysterious cities to ever fall, Mohenjo Daro. It thrived from about 2500 to 1900 B.C., but then was abandoned and left as a ghost town. Scientists have suggested that maybe the soil lost its fertility or there were earthquakes that left the people without food to face starvation. But according to the quality of the artifacts found, these people were in no debt, and survived off of a surplus. Along with the reason of its abandonment, we still do not understand it;'s written language, and we still haven't found evidence of a government or religion. There are no obvious temples or shrines, and we still haven't found a building that suggests that there was a central seat of power.
The city was found in 1911, and several excavations were held in the 1920's through the 1940's. Scientists have found that this was an extremely advanced city. It was a fairly large city, and very advanced. It was built on a hill to prevent floods from the nearby Indus river, and it was one of the only cities of its time to have a sewerage system. It was obvious by the artifacts found that it was a fairly wealthy city, thriving in wealth and trade. Many scientists, archaeologists, and historians have studied every inch of this city, and we still have no idea what happened to make the majority of the cities population leave. It reaches some kind of obvious archaeological fruition about 1900 B.C.," Said Jonathan Mark Kenoyer. "What drives that, nobody knows."
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