During conservation work in the Sindh province of Pakistan, a vessel filled with copper coins was found in a stupa at UNESCO World Heritage Site Mohenjo Daro. This information was given in a media report on Friday.
According to local media reports, Conservation Director Syed Shakir Shah said workers were excavating a collapsed wall on Thursday when they came across a vessel filled with ancient copper coins.
The News International quoted Syed Shakir Shah, director of conservation and protection, as saying that the coins, carefully packed in pots, have been sent to a laboratory for analysis.
Apart from deciphering the language of these coins and the numbers written on them, research will be done to analyze how old these coins were. The Director of Conservation and Conservation said that the exact period and other relevant details could be confirmed only after laboratory analysis.
Inscribed on UNESCO’s List of World Heritage Sites of Outstanding Universal Value in 1980, the archaeological ruins of Mohenjo Daro – the ruins of the ancient megacity of Mohenjo Daro – are built entirely of mud bricks dating back to the 3rd millennium BC. These are located in the Indus Valley.
Let us tell you that the Indus Valley civilization is considered to be one of the oldest civilizations. The residents of its cities, Mohenjo Daro and Harappa practised animal husbandry and farming and grew many grains, fruits, pulses, spices, etc. It is currently in Sindh, Pakistan.
The city was built in the 26th century BC. However, this city was discovered in 1921. In the same year, the first team of archaeologists started the search for this lost city, and it took about 40 years to discover and find out about this city. Rakhal Das Banerji discovered this city.
