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Question
By whom was the city of Mohenjo-Daro discovered?
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Solution
In 1922, R.D. Banerjee, discovered the city of Mohenjo-Daro, by excavating a mound, thinking it to be a Buddhist Stupa. This was the city of Mohenjo-Daro, the ‘mound of the dead’, as the name implies.
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