Episode 32: Mohenjo Daro (2016)

On this episode we’re joined by Akash Srinivas and Durga Kale of the Chippin’ Away podcast to review Mohenjo Daro (2016), the story of a simple farmboy’s first trip to the big city where he falls in love, discovers his destiny, and saves an entire civilization. Mohenjo Daro was a real city in the Indus Valley, and Akash and Durga help us sift through the real-life archaeological evidence that inspired this film.

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In this episode:

• Learn more about the Indus Valley Civilization at https://www.harappa.com/

• Pineapples as a status symbol

• Ancient Harappan DNA

• We still can’t read Harappan writing

• What does the representation of horses in Mohenjo Daro have to do with debates about Indian ancestry?

• Harappan Plumbing

• Dales & Raikes (1968). The Mohenjo-Daro Floods: A Rejoinder! American Anthropologist, 70(5), 957-961. https://www.jstor.org/stable/669762

• Harappan unicorn seals

• The origin of the unicorn myth on Chippin’ Away

• The Immortals of Meluha by Amish Tripathi

• No, Mohenjo Daro was not destroyed by a nuclear explosion