A Walk Through Old Mohenjo-daro
This set features views of Mohenjo-daro from the past. The first set of Kodachrome slides by Munir Khan from 1962 include the Great Bath, the Stupa Mound, and the narrow deserted streets of this four-and-a-half thousand year old city in Larkana, Sindh. The second set of nine slides is from 1973 and was made by an anonymous American tourist.
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1. Mohenjodaro Mohenjodaro, Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan in 1962. |
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2. The Buddhist Stupa at Mohenjo-daro The Buddhist Stupa (circa 200 A.D.), Mohenjo-daro. |
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3. View from Stupa towards Great Bath View from Stupa towards Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro. |
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4. Ancient Indus Valley City Well Ancient Indus Valley City Well, Mohenjo-daro, Sindh. |
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5. Ancient Indus Street Ancient Indus Street, Mohenjo-daro. |
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6. Indus Valley Street with Covered Drain Indus Valley Street with covered drain on the right, Mohenjo-daro, Sindh. |
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7. The Great Bath, 1960s The Great Bath, Mohenjo-daro in 1962. |
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8. Buddhist Stupa View Buddhist Stupa View, Mohenjo-daro with ascending flight of steps. |
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9. Mohenjo-daro Street, 1960s Photographer and street in Mohenjo-daro, 1962. |
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10. Welcome to Mohenjo-daro The Pakistan Tourist Development Corporation (PTDC) sign likely to have been freshly put up in 1973. |
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11. Stupa Mound A wide view of the site looking towards the Stupa Mound. |
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12. Mohenjo-daro Building and Cameraman Likely an 8mm camera in the hands of the guide or driver accompanying the tourist who took these shots; the film has not been found. |
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13. Mohenjo-daro Stupa Mound and People In the 1970s, it was much easier to walk over the so-called Stupa Mound; not that the circular remains of the Buddhist stupa was built long after the ancient Indus civilization, although possibly on… |
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14. Mohenjo-daro Great Bath in the Distance To the left one can make out the Great Bath and the super-structure around it. |
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15. Well at Mohenjo-daro Note the shadow of the assistant with the camera on the left. |
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16. Mohenjo-daro Structures |
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17. Mohenjo-daro Countryside |
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18. Mohenjo-daro Countryside 2 |
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19. Distant Shot of the Stupa Mound, Mohenjo-daro |