Chanhu-Daro

A city of the Harappan civilization of the 3rd millennium BC that is located in the Indus Valley south of Mohenjo-Daro in modern Pakistan. First excavated in the 1930s, it was characterized by a gridiron street plan and drainage system of typical Harappan towns. Evidence was found for the processes of sawing, flaking, grinding, and boring of stone beads. Occasional copper or bronze weapons of foreign type are found in late contexts at Chanhu-daro. Excavation also showed that like Mohenjo-Daro Chanhu-Daro had been inundated by floods: it was twice destroyed and subsequently rebuilt on a different plan. After the end of the Indus Valley civilization it was reoccupied by the Jhukar culture.

A town of the Harappan Civilization of the 3rd millennium bc. Situated on the eastern side of the Indus Valley, cl 30 km south of Mohenjo-Daro, Chanhu-Daro covered c6.5 hectares, and was characterized by the typical gridiron street plan and well-built drainage system of Harappan towns. The most interesting discovery was a bead-maker’s workshop, where evidence was found for the processes of sawing, flaking, grinding and boring of stone beads. Excavation has shown that, like Mohenjo-Daro, Chanhu-Daro had been inundated by floods: it was twice destroyed and subsequently rebuilt on a different plan. Finally, after the end of the Indus Valley civilization, it was reoccupied by representatives of the Jhukar culture, living in village rather than urban style.