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Thank you, kingmi. I hope that my response provided an inkling into the value of Monejodaro in our lives today.

posted by Yasmeen on December 14, 2004 at 6:19 PM | link to this | reply

Yasmeen, my apologies. I was merely pointing out that my question had
a reason to be.  Wrong choice of words.

posted by kingmi on December 14, 2004 at 5:11 PM | link to this | reply

I take exception

Kingmi, I do take exception to your use of the word ‘plagiarized’. I am not quite clear what you mean, but it certainly has derogatory connotation. Considering I quite clearly credit both Sir John Marshall and Prof. Schimmel, there is no question of plagiarization of thought or content.

 

The question you ask, however, is quite complicated and requires an in-depth study. Certainly, in third world countries, there are many lessons that we could learn from Moenjodaro: provision of water supply and sewerage in all settlements- if it could be done thousands of years ago, why not now. Instead of following urban planning concepts of the West, where cars dominate, urban patterns based on narrow streets with structures which shade each other from the strong sun, should be preferred. Obviously, there was a good mix of residence and commerce, and instead of single-function or single-activity areas, such as propagated in the west, we could learn from Indus Valley civilization to have a mix and overlapping of functions to create a 24-hour cycle, if we wish to nurture homogeneity, rather than alienation with society, etc. etc.

 

Just for your information also, Prof. Schimmel, a German, visited Pakistan in 1958; she was not an archaeologist. On the other hand it was Sir John Marshall, the British archaeologist, who carried out excavations in the 1920s.

posted by Yasmeen on December 13, 2004 at 9:27 AM | link to this | reply

Yasmeen, indeed your own vista wording could have been plagiarized from
the visiting british archeologist in 1958, the facts being everso evident.  My question to you is, what evidence is there of strategic planning in such an advanced civilization, which could have lasting effects on today's civilizations, if any?  What community preparedness for it's own survival challenges?  Thank you for your time in takin gmy question, ill-worded as it is.

posted by kingmi on December 12, 2004 at 10:59 AM | link to this | reply