Prehistoric India to 1000 B.C. c13.35

c13.35

When we turn to Mohenjo-daro, the evidence for the final phases of the city's history is less abundant than at Chanhu-daro, and there does not seem to have been any actual settlement made on the ruins after the collapse of the Harappā Culture - at least, not in the areas excavated. But there are nevertheless several significant pointers to a disturbed state of affairs followed by disruption and decay, at this site as at others. I have already drawn attention to the hoards of jewellery and other precious objects found in the latest strata at Mohenjo-daro, and pointed out that the hiding of such hoards is a typical feature of disturbed and insecure conditions - there is a good early Indian parallel from the town of Rairh in Jaipur state, where numerous hoards of coins could be attributed to the troubled times following the collapse of the Mauryan dynasty early in the second century B.C. Many of the largest hoards of copper tools at Mohenjo-daro, too, belong to the later phases of the city, and emphasize the feeling of insecurity that must have been in people's minds.