[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Indus Civilization](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935) › c4.2 # The Indus Civilization c4.2 The Indus Civilization c4.2 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.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. - [Previous: c4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c4.1) - [Next: c4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c4.3) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.mackay-1935.c4.2) · Pramāṇa