Mohenjo-daro safe from rampaging floods caused by raging Indus River
By ANIMonday, August 30, 2010
ISLAMABAD - Mohenjo-daro, one of the largest city-settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization, is reportedly safe from the heavy monsoon rains and the recent floods in Pakistan.
According to the Daily Times, water had flooded the Katcha land near the Jhali Bund, the nearest embankment of the Indus River to Mohenjo-daro, but had not reached the ruins.
Earlier, it was reported that a wave of 400,000 cusecs had passed through the Indus River, near Mohenjo-daro causing significant damage to the ancient city.
Dating back to 3,500 BC, the ancient city has been destroyed on more than one occasion by flooding of the Indus River.
It has been rebuilt directly on top of the old ruins at least seven times in the past.
Mohenjo-daro was included on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List in 1980.
Spreading over an area of almost 600 acres, only 10 percent (50 acres) of its total area has been excavated so far. (ANI)
