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๐ŸŒ ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ WEEKLY WORLD HERITAGE: Moenjodaro in Pakistan

22 April 2020 by Bob O'Hara

Click to: riverhouses.org/2020-pakistan

Pakistan in southern Asia is one of our homeschool countries-of-the-week, so why not spend a few minutes today learning about one of Pakistan’s World Heritage Sites: the Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro.

The ruins at Moenjodaro, with the so-called Great Bath in the foreground. (Image: Wikimedia Commons.)

Moenjodaro (or Mohenjo-daro) in the Indus River Valley was the seat of one of the world’s first civilizations:

“The Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro are the best preserved urban settlement in South Asia dating back to the beginning of the 3rd millennium BC, and exercised a considerable influence on the subsequent development of urbanization. The archaeological ruins are located on the right bank of the Indus River, 510 km north-east from Karachi, and 28 km from Larkana city, Larkana District, in Pakistanโ€™s Sindh Province. The property represents the metropolis of the Indus civilization, which flourished between 2,500โ€“1,500 BC in the Indus valley and is one of the worldโ€™s three great ancient civilizations.

“The discovery of Moenjodaro in 1922 revealed evidence of the customs, art, religion and administrative abilities of its inhabitants. The well planned city mostly built with baked bricks and having public baths; a college of priests; an elaborate drainage system; wells, soak pits for disposal of sewage, and a large granary, bears testimony that it was a metropolis of great importance, enjoying a well organized civic, economic, social and cultural system.

“Moenjodaro comprises two sectors: a citadel area in the west where a Buddhist stupa was constructed with unbaked brick over the ruins of Moenjodaro in the 2nd century AD, and to the east, the lower city ruins spread out along the banks of the Indus. Here buildings are laid out along streets intersecting each other at right angles, in a highly orderly form of city planning that also incorporated systems of sanitation and drainage.“ (UNESCO World Heritage Centre #138)

A wide range of small sculptural artifacts have been found at Moenjodaro, as well as objects bearing the as-yet undeciphered Indus Valley script, thought to be one of the world’s oldest writing systems.

The “Priest-King” statue from Moenjodaro, ca. 2000 B.C. (Image: Wikimedia Commons.)

World Heritage Sites are cultural or natural landmarks of international significance, selected for recognition by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. More than 1000 such sites have been recognized in over 160 countries, and we feature one every Wednesday, drawn from one of our homeschool countries-of-the-week. You can find a complete list online at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and in Wikipedia.

The World Heritage Centre also has a free and comprehensive World Heritage education kit for teachers, as well as a wonderful full-color wall map of World Heritage Sites (riverhouses.org/2019-wh-map), available for the cost of shipping. Why not add them both to your own homeschool library. ๐Ÿ—บ

What world treasures are you exploring in your homeschool this Leo Term? ๐Ÿ˜Š

โกโ€…Books in the running brooks: You can always turn to your River Houses almanac, atlas, and history encyclopedia (riverhouses.org/books) for more information about any of our countries-of-the-week. The almanac has profiles of all the nations of the world on pages 745โ€“852; the endpapers of the atlas are indexes that will show you where all of the individual national and regional maps may be found; the history encyclopedia includes national histories on pages 489โ€“599; and you can find additional illustrations, flags, and other mentions through the indexes in each of these volumes. For an ideal little lesson, just write the name of the Weekly World Heritage Site on your homeschool bulletin board, find its location in your atlas, read the WHC’s brief description aloud, look at a picture or two, and you’re done. Over the course of the year, without even realizing it, your students will absorb a wealth of new historical, geographical, and cultural information. ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ

โกโ€…The great globe itself: This is one of our regular Homeschool States & Countries posts featuring historical and natural sites of international importance. Download a copy of our River Houses World Heritage Calendar (riverhouses.org/calendars) and follow along with us as we tour the planet, and add your name to our weekly mailing list (riverhouses.org/newsletter) to get great homeschool teaching ideas delivered right to your mailbox all through the year. ๐ŸŒ

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