Welcome to Mohenjo-Daro!
Funest place on earth
Our homes are built for your comfort and satisfaction.
- Our houses are built out of baked bricks
- They have several rooms that are built around a courtyard
- We even have specific rooms for bathing! These rooms have baked bricks or tile for the floor and pipes for water drainage
- You have access to your very own clean water! You might have a well within your home or there are public wells you may use
Clothing - You might find our clothing here in Mohenjo-Daro very unique.
- The women that live here wear a long piece of cloth called a sari - Did you know that "sari" means "cloth" in Sanskrit?
- Only the rich women are able to afford a silk sari made in China
- Our men wear dhotis, which they wrap around their legs to make pants; they also wrap cloth turbans around their heads
Toys - Your children will be entertained for hours!
- Our new toy that just came out is a monkey that slides down a string!
- We also have whistles that are shaped like birds
- Your children can even roll a small cart down a hill!
- We have clay discs that your children can play with in a throw-and-chase game.
Entertainment - You shouldn't be bored in this city!
- We have public pools for you to swim in if you get hot.
- Dancing is a big part of our culture here in Mohenjo-Daro ; our dancing is based on a bronze statue of a woman dancing.
- We have schools that our children go to, and there they learn to read and write. Priests will teach them about the religion
- The children will play games in their free time, like board games
- For fun, you can go cock-fighting, camel racing, and even gambling!
Food - We have a wide variety of foods here that will stuff you like a pig!
- We grow wheat here that we use to make chapatis or naan.
- Here we eat cows, pigs, sheep, goat, and chicken ; some of us, who are Hindus, stopped eating beef completely.
- We eat citron fruit, chickpeas, and lentils, which we get from other countries.
- We also eat sugar cane, which we grow right here in Mohenjo-Daro.
Come to Mohenjo-Daro
If you are coming from the Bay of Bengal, follow the coast west until you reach the Indus River. Then, follow the river north until you get to our city!