Small probes took place in the 1930s, and subsequent digs occurred in 19. Several excavations occurred in the 1920s through 1931. City of moundsĪrchaeologists first visited Mohenjo Daro in 1911. Wells were found throughout the city, and nearly every house contained a bathing area and drainage system. Possehl, a National Geographic Explorer, says it suggests an ideology based on cleanliness. The city's wealth and stature is evident in artifacts such as ivory, lapis, carnelian, and gold beads, as well as the baked-brick city structures themselves.Ī watertight pool called the Great Bath, perched on top of a mound of dirt and held in place with walls of baked brick, is the closest structure Mohenjo Daro has to a temple.
