On Thursday at 5 pm California time, my documentary on Mohenjo-daro will be showing followed by a discussion moderated by Dr. Munis Faruqui at the University of California, Berkeley. The event will also be live streamed on the Institute for South Asian Studies page: https://www.facebook.com/ISASatUCBerkeley/#
Below is their announcement for the event:
Mohenjo Daro: Unsealing an Ancient Indus City
Join us for a screening of Mohenjo-daro: Unsealing an Ancient Indus City, a documentary that explores one of the world’s greatest lost civilizations — the Indus Valley Civilization – through the eyes of Omar Khan, the founder of Harappa.com.
Screening with filmmaker, Omar Khan present.
Event moderated by Munis D. Faruqui, Director, Institute for South Asia Studies; Director, Global, International & Area Studies (GIAS); Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies; Professor, South & Southeast Asian Studies, UC Berkeley.
DATE: Thu, October 22, 2026
TIME: 5-6:30 pm PST
VENUE: 10 Stephens Hall
LIVESTREAM: On FB at ISASatUCBerkeley
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ABOUT THE FILM
Omar Khan walks through the nearly five thousand year old city of Mohenjo-daro, discusses recent speculations about the Great Bath and the so-called Stupa mound, and raises many unanswered questions about this Bronze Age civilization while sharing recent perspectives and information.
High quality graphics, countless actual Indus seals, pottery and sculptures photographed by leading archaeologists like Drs. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Richard H. Meadow; new photography and rare archival images from the earliest excavators; a handful of key recreations of the Great Bath and Stupa-Mound; the voices and music of Sindh from premiere music studio Lahooti Live Sessions. Featuring interviews with leading scholars, this film is ideal for students, educators, and anyone curious about the ancient world and the Indus civilization, the original urban civilization which some 2 billion people can claim descent from in modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The documentary is divided into five chapters: 1. The Story, 2. The City, 3. The Citadel, 4. The Writing and 5. The Future.
Includes the voices and opinions of Dr. Ahmad Hasan Dani, Dr. Romila Thapar, Dr. Shereen Ratnagar, Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Shar, Iravatham Mahadevan, Sheikh Javid Ali Sindhi, Irshad Ali Solangi and Mohammad Ilyas.
Running time 37 minutes. See film here: https://youtu.be/BxyxVgAMM_4
Language: English, Subtitles available in Urdu, Hindi, Tamil
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