Ballast, Luck, and a Buddhist Stupa: How Mohenjo-daro Came Back into View
Mohenjo-daro was not recovered in a single triumphant moment, and its modern rediscovery was shaped as much by railway-era brick robbing and colonial surveying as by disciplined excavation. The story of how the Indus city entered the archaeological record helps explain what we know in 2026—and what may still lie buried beneath the silt.