The names Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were given to the cities in later times. We do not know what the Indus people called their cities, because nobody has been able to translate their ancient language.

British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

The massive city of Mohenjo-Daro is one of several impressive ... Photo: Shutterstock Hindu nationalists argue that the Indus script is related to Sanskrit, the ancient language of Hindu scriptures.

Harappa was an ancient urban settlement ... Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, a similarly-planned city situated further south, near the banks of the Indus River, are considered part of the same vast ...

It was Marshall’s excavations in the 1920s that uncovered the cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, both key to the ancient Indus society, as well as artifacts that bore the enigmatic Indus script.

The Indus Valley Civilization ... It was contemporary with the ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations, and its cities, such as Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, were highly advanced, both in ...

Using all the tools available to the historical detective—from DNA to climate science, oral survivals, ancient ... India's "first civilization"—the lost cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro ...

From 3300 to 1700 BC, the Indus people built impressive cities like Mohenjo-daro and Harappa ... the Indus script is related to Sanskrit, the ancient language of Hindu scriptures.