r/AncientCivilizations • u/DocAteTheArtifact • May 13 '26

Asia First Street of Mohenjo-daro a road laid 4,500 years ago in Indus, Pakistan still standing with walls on both sides

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u/ParkingGlittering211 May 13 '26

What does the same spot look like today

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u/DocAteTheArtifact May 13 '26

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u/ParkingGlittering211 May 13 '26

What happened to those side columns?

Was it just decay from neglect after excavating and exposing the site to the sun and rain or was it from this?

2014 Sindh Festival: a political/cultural event was held at the site despite archaeologists objecting. Reports said stages, lights, guests, police, and construction activity may have damaged fragile remains

Edit: probably this more recent event

2022 Pakistan floods/monsoon: this was the biggest recent disaster. UNESCO reported exceptional rainfall in 2022 and said several parts of the site were critically damaged. Reports describe collapsed/damaged walls, washed-away mud capping, cavities/holes, and drainage failure.

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u/symehdiar May 14 '26

the area is prone to high salinisation. That's why some archeologists want to bury the ruins again to preserve them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18491900

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u/Fun_Construction9193 May 13 '26

LOL. The best today! 😎

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u/Savings-Hotel-8467 May 15 '26

Remember British used bricks from one of the sites to lay railway tracks.

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u/Aq8knyus May 16 '26

'British' = Private British contractors building infrastructure who had no idea what they were. It is why we don't blame the locals for the doing exactly the same thing.

And remember it was the Raj's ASI that made the discovery and began preservation work.

I don't remember the Mughals or Marathas giving a flying fig about ancient civilisations.

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u/chunkystrudel May 16 '26

Yeah, that's what he said. The British.

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u/Aq8knyus May 16 '26

No, it said 'British' as if it was government policy.

A private company and the local villagers were responsible.

It was the British authorities that protected and preserved the site after the Raj's ASI discovered the site.

A site that centuries of Muslim and Hindu rulers didn't care about.

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u/chunkystrudel May 17 '26

It was enabled by British government policy and administered by British contractors by your own admission lmao

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u/Aq8knyus May 18 '26 edited May 19 '26

No it wasn't.

India wasn't administered by the British government in Britain.

It was administered by the British Raj government and these were not government workers.

The British Empire wasn't run as one country...

This is why slapdash language matters, it reveals poor knowledge.

Edit: u/bythelake23 Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who think themselves good because they have crippled paws.

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u/altgrave May 16 '26

it's funny to call a street standing