The Indus Civilization c4.2

c4.2

Harappa, at that time the only site known to contain traces of this as yet unknown Indian civilization, had, unfortunately, served until recent years not only as a brick quarry for the neighbouring towns and villages, but even as a source of railway ballast, and it was, in consequence, difficult to obtain any clear plan of the houses and other buildings. Accordingly, Sir John Marshall, then Director-General of Archæology in India, determined to discover another site where the remains of this civilization might be investigated, and eventually found it in the mounds of Mohenjo-daro, about twenty-five miles south of Larkana, in middle Sind.