MOHENJODARO OF SINDHIS: THE EARLIER ARCHAEOLOGICAL LITERATURE IN THE SINDHI LANGUAGE

Abstract

Scholars have been involved in debates on the archaeology of Mohenjodaro from the time of its first discovery in the 1920s. Sindhi writers also matter in the broader context as they have greatly published on this protohistoric site. When for the first time these writings started to appear? An attempt can be made to trace some of the earliest works in Sindhi on the archaeology of Mohenjodaro.  And it may take us back to 1929. Subsequently, a number of texts appeared which make the object of analysis in this study. This paper also attempts to bring the authors of these works to the fore. They were historians, scholars, or general literati. Their representations of Mohenjodaro, in the context of civilization of South Asia, in the early decades of its discovery have also been pondered upon. Finally, some reflections are made with questions of producing and circulating archaeological knowledge.