Mohenjo Daro

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(Ancient Sindhu language)

(Ancient Sindhu language)

(Ancient Sindhu language)

(Ancient Sindhu language)

(Ancient Sindhu language)

because...

these brave young men have saved

Amri village from that monstrous crocodile.

Many many thanks, Sarman!

Sarman...

may your strength grow hundred fold!

Bima!

Why does it always have to be you?

Is there no one else in the village?

Every time Amri has a problem,

why are you expected to solve it?

It's the truth!

When the river changes course...

Sarman must find a way

to direct water into our fields.

When to plough the fields,

when to sow the seeds...

when will it rain?

As if without Sarman's permission...

the sun and the moon

will not rise in Amri.

Now now, you should be proud,

but instead, you are scolding him.

Aunt Bima,

if I can help, then why should I not?

I was worried to death today

thinking about you and that beast.

Do not worry about me so much!

Aunt Bima, you often hum this tune.

This tune...

it does not belong to Amri, does it?

Aunt Bima, have you ever

seen a one-horned animal?

Deer like? With a long,

pointed horn on its forehead?

Why do you ask?

I saw it in my dream.

It was just that - a dream!

Now get ready...

your Uncle must be waiting

for you in the fields.

The indigo crop has not

been good this year, Sarman.

Far away, when the

Sindhu changes course...

then our River Nara also

moves away from our village.

How will the crops grow?

Uncle, may I ask you a question?

Moherfyo Datum'?

Everyone is leaving tomorrow.

This time let me go

with them for the bazaar.

You have asked the same question

for the past three monsoons now.

I am tired listening to it,

are you not tired of asking?

Until you say yes,

I will keep asking.

Uncle I want to travel

to the far off lands.

Which part does the sun rise from?

Which part does it set?

How far does the light fall?

I want to see all that Uncle.

A bird's offspring

should not leave its nest...

until it's ready to fly, Sarman.

Sarman... won't you eat?

What happened?

Once again he is insisting

on going to Mohenjo Daro!

He is upset because I said no.

His anger is like a dew drop,

it will evaporate in no time.

But...

how long can we stop him, Durjan?

As long as possible!

He was asking me

about the Unicorn earlier.

I just don't understand!

What is it about Mohenjo Daro

that makes Uncle so restless?

He is afraid that if you

go there, you will settle down.

Hojo, do you not feel like seeing it?

What?

What the land outside Amri is like.

What the people are like?

What the girls must be like?

You have not found

a single girl in Amri that you like.

What makes you think the girls

in Mohenjo Daro will be any different?

How would I know?

But my heart tells me that

the girl who will be my companion...

there will be no other

like her in all of Sindhu Land.

Then your meeting has

already failed to happen.

Every year, before the bazaar,

it is the same story.

Uncle does not

want you to go, Sarman.

Leave this obsession.

But I want to see Mohenjo Daro, Hojo!

So now what? You want to fly

to Mohenjo Daro like the birds do?

What happened?

Crocodile?!

The sun has yet to rise!

- Let's go!

- Let's go? Where?

Mohenjo Daro!

Mohenj0...? Without telling anyone?

What if your Uncle...

what if my Mom and Dad find out?

It's alright. Come on...

Barter 'vs not easy 'm Moheflyo Dare.

Pay close attention

to what I am about to say.

Tell me, Uncle.

Whatever happens,

do not drop the value of the goods.

Mohenjo Daro is very

different from Amri.

The city is full of greed,

not people.

Be careful always...

and do not trust

a stranger to be your friend.

Do not worry, Uncle!

Hojo will keep an eye on Sarman.

Phum.

Till today you have been

trading for me.

This time Sarman will go,

I can no longer stop him.

- Look after him.

- Right.

Here is some food.

Take care!

Keep this with you.

Open it only when it's

a matter of life and death! Promise me!

Hojo.

Mohenjo Daro!

And that is our Holy River,

Mother Sindhu!

The South Gate is

for foreign traders...

and their living quarters will be

along the walls of the South Gate.

The East Gate and the North Gate

are for the citizens of Mohenjo Daro.

How was this built?

What is that symbol, Uncle Phulji?

Six creatures' symbol! It represents

the six great cities of Sindhu Land.

Each creature acts

as a symbol of a city.

And which animal is that?

With one horn?

That's a Unicorn, Sarman.

The purest animal

in the Order of the Sindhu...

the symbol of Mohenjo Daro!

Bull cart riders, go inside

and get your token for trade.

Two indigo sacks from Amri as tax!

Where does our indigo tax go?

Take this!

I thank you.

You?!

Why have you come here?

- Listen...

- Go back!

Listen to me...

this... this city is full of greed...

this is a land of thieves!

Save yourself! Or you will burn...

- Go away!

- Jakhiro!

Step aside! Let the traders through.

Do not frighten them.

Move!

Go away!

Return!

Who is that?

His name is Jakhiro.

It pains me to shoo him away.

People call him a madman!

But it was the ancestors

of this very madman...

who laid the foundations

of this great city!

And once, he was

highly respected in the Senate!

Sarman! There are houses

on top of each other!

It feels as if I have seen

all this before. I do not understand.

But I do know this...

it is exactly

as I had imagined it would be.

Even I feel the same! As if I was

born to be here! Just look at them!

We have come here only for trade!

Do not forget!

But I'm doing just that...

I'm trading my heart!

Idiot!

Colorful beauties...

from the land of Dilmoon!

The skull of a Zebu bull!

Quickly, find a place for your stall

or you will be left standing.

Hurry up...

Stop!

Quickly, quickly!

If the bazaar has any sparkle this year

it's because of those foreign traders!

Foreign traders? Where?

That group with the tall hats...

they are from Dilmoon!

They trade the goods that they

acquire here, in faraway lands.

They are Makkans - their ships

are said to be so big that...

they can easily carry a

hundred travellers across the sea...

and it takes them some

twenty suns to reach Makkan.

Twenty suns?! Do their ships

not fall off at the edge of the sea?

Only those who have

travelled, would know.

And they are from Bukhara -

the faraway lands in the cold North.

But what is this strange

creature they bring with them?

Does it give milk?

No, not milk,

it runs fast, helps travel.

- What is it called?

- Hor-se!

Hor-se!

One hour has passed!

Use this indigo to color your clothes

or paint it on your walls... take it!

We will give you 8 sacks

of wheat for 3 sacks of indigo.

No, I cannot accept

less than 1O sacks of wheat!

No, not 10... 8 sacks!

Please, take a look at the quality.

Highest class of seeds, sown

and harvested at the right time...

watered by the pure Nara river and

grown with the love of Amri village.

These are the qualities of my indigo.

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