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THE TERM 'MOHENJO-DARO' is translated as the 'Mound of the Dead.' Why it is so called is not yet known. The place is locally known as 'the island.' It is 'a long, narrow strip of land between the main river (Indus) bed and the Western Nāra loop, its precise position being 27° 19′ N. by 68° 8′ E., some 7 miles by road from Dokri on the North-Western Railway, and 25 from Lārkāna town.' There are stated to have been several cities, one being superimposed upon the other. The remains of the uppermost city were hid by the mounds, averaging from 20 to 70 feet in height. 'The actual area covered by the mounds is now no more than about 240 acres.'¹ 'Originally, the site of Mohenjo-daro must have been much more extensive than it is today and have formed a more closely connected whole.'²