Editing Mohenjo-daro (section)

== Historical context ==
Mohenjo-daro was built in the 26th century BCE.<ref name="Ancientindia.co.uk">[http://www.ancientindia.co.uk/indus/explore/his03.html Ancientindia.co.uk.] Retrieved 2 May 2012.</ref> It was one of the largest cities of the ancient [[Indus Valley Civilisation]], also known as the [[Harappa]]n Civilisation,<ref>{{cite book|last=Beck|first=Roger B.|author2=Linda Black |author3=Larry S. Krieger |author4=Phillip C. Naylor |author5=Dahia Ibo Shabaka |title=World History: Patterns of Interaction|url=https://archive.org/details/mcdougallittellw00beck|url-access=registration|publisher=McDougal Littell|year=1999|location=Evanston, IL|isbn=978-0-395-87274-1 }}</ref> which developed {{circa}} 3000 BCE from the prehistoric Indus culture. At its height, the Indus Civilisation spanned much of what is now Pakistan and North India, extending westwards to the [[Iran]]ian border, south to [[Gujarat]] in India and northwards to an outpost in [[Bactria]], with major urban centers at Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, [[Lothal]], [[Kalibangan]], [[Dholavira]] and [[Rakhigarhi]]. Mohenjo-daro was the most advanced city of its time, with remarkably sophisticated civil engineering and urban planning.<ref>A H Dani (1992). "Critical Assessment of Recent Evidence on Mohenjo-daro". Second International Symposium on Mohenjo-daro, 24–27 February 1992.</ref> When the Indus civilisation went into sudden decline {{circa}} 1900 BCE, Mohenjo-daro was abandoned.<ref name="Ancientindia.co.uk" /><ref name=KenoyerArticle />