Mohenjo-Daro

[ moh-hen-joh-dahr-oh ]

/ moʊˈhɛn dʒoʊˈdɑr oʊ /

noun

an archaeological site in Pakistan, near the Indus River: six successive ancient cities were built here.

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We never found a university, with a half-million-volume library, at Harappa or Mohenjo-Daro.
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British Dictionary definitions for mohenjo-daro

Mohenjo-Daro

/ (məˈhɛndʒəʊˈdɑːrəʊ) /

noun

an excavated city in SE Pakistan, southwest of Sukkur near the River Indus: flourished during the third millennium bc

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