Mohenjo Daro Page #6

Chaani will be set free

from this Union.

She will not be

Moonja's companion!

Iaccepu

Till Mother Sindhu

does not do justice...

there will be no celebration

in Mohenjo Daro!

Bring him!

Stop the test of Bakar Zokaar, Moonja.

I will willingly be your companion!

You are already my companion,

so what kind of deal is this?

Let him go, Moonja!

He's just a commoner.

Commoner?

This 'commoner' humiliated me!

He will have to die an animal's death

in the presence of the entire city.

I want to see the people

hear his screams!

He will have to go through

the test of Bakar Zokaar!

Let's go, Chaani!

Kunnu, Dheeru...

call the healer!

It is not he who has commited the crime,

it is me, Mother!

If you have not given me the right

to fall in love...

then why did you make me meet him?

Why did you make me

fall in love with him?

If the punishment for our Union is death,

then take my life... instead of his!

Take my life!

What happened was not good.

Sarman, I am here

to tell you something...

that is important

for you to know.

And what is that?

The Senate Chief of Mohenjo Daro,

before Maham...

his name was...

u.

Your father!

My father...?

Senate Chief of Mohenjo Daro...?

How can this be?

We are from Amri.

Your Uncle Durjan lied to you

about your father's death.

But what choice did he have?

He did not have the courage

to tell you the truth.

Truth about?

Srujan was the greatest Senate Chief

Mohenjo Daro had ever seen.

Maham was the Chief of Merchants then.

He struck a deal

with the Sumerians in secret...

and then made

a proposition in the Senate.

As the Sindhu River

comes down the mountain...

in this region here,

there are deposits of a yellow metal...

that shines like

the rays of the sun.

Gold!

You will not find this

anywhere else.

My proposition is to build a dam

and halt the waters of the Sindhu...

and then mine the Gold

buried in the riverbed.

A dam?

But then how will the river flow?

It will flow Jakhiro...

and for that we will dig

a new path for the river...

which will rejoin here.

We should not do this.

Sindhu River is akin to our Mother!

To halt her waters will be

against the Sindhu Order!

If the dam forces the river

to turn away from the city...

where will we get water

for drinking and farming.

Sindhu is no small stream...

it is a huge river.

An ordinary dam will not be

able to change its course.

But because of the Gold, all the

foreigners who go to Harappa...

will be attracted to Mohenjo Daro.

Trade will grow,

the people will benefit...

there will be contentment!

Wide roads, better houses...

Mohenjo Daro will become

much stronger than Harappa.

Maham!

Do not mislead the Senate by

building dreams out of thin air!

Those who agree with me

raise your palms...

those who agree with Maham,

show your fists!

I Jakhiro, am with Srujan!

I am with Maham!

I am with Srujan!

I am with my brother,

Senate Chief Srujan!

7 are with me, 7 are with Maham.

Priest, now you speak!

And in fear of Maham, I did exactly

what I should not have done...

- and Maham won the vote.

- The dam will be built on Sindhu River!

And then?

The dam's construction

on the Sindhu began.

The people worked

tirelessly for their city...

unaware of Maham's treachery.

At times with cunning

and at times by force...

Maham turned everyone

against Srujan!

Those who did not

fall for the greed of Gold...

were silenced by

the fear of his bandits.

Summoned from the Kirthar mountains...

those bandits became protectors,

not only of Maham, but also of the city!

The river took a new course

and the hidden Gold was revealed.

But your father was still

concerned about the dam.

Maham has betrayed us all!

The dam is so big that the river

will be forced to turn away!

We need to stop this!

Stop work!

If this dam is made, then Mother Sindhu

will turn away from the city.

Keep working!

Srujan...

Maham falsely accused Srujan...

and by some treachery,

Maham hid Gold in Srujan's house...

and then had him arrested.

Citizens! This traitor is not fit

to be called Senate Chief!

He is a criminal!

A criminal of the entire city!

He should be given the death penalty!

Death penalty!

This is not true!

Do not let him mislead you!

He is a fraud!

He will destroy Mohenjo Daro!

Priest! Say something!

You know me since we were boys...

I would never wish harm

upon Mohenjo Daro!

Speak!

And what did you say?

I just stood there,

staring at his face...

I was helpless,

Chaani had no one but me.

And Uncle Durjan?

He too knows the truth!

Durjan tell them!

Tell everyone, Durjan.

Why are you quiet, Durjan?

Tell people the truth!

I don't know anything!

Death penalty!

And Mother...

- what happened to her?

- The trauma was too much for her...

she could not bear

the shock and died.

And then?

Maham took the Senate

under his control...

and proclaimed himself

as the Senate Chief.

Then he began stripping

the Sindhu Order of its principles...

and violated its rules of

conduct and trade.

And what Srujan had said,

came true.

Because of the dam,

the Sindhu River began to turn away...

and many villages ran dry.

The villagers started to migrate

to Mohenjo Daro.

The city grew,

the number of people increased...

and under their pressure,

Mohenjo Daro began to crumble.

The Maham Order had begun.

Whoever supported him

was given Gold...

the rest were given death.

Srujan did not commit any crime.

We did!

I did!

The cause of Srujan's death

was not Maham...

it was me!

I cannot even ask for your

forgiveness, Sarman!

How can I?

That is why everything

seemed so familiar.

I was born here.

I spent my childhood here.

My father gave his life

for this city...

and this city gave him death.

It was imperative that I tell you

the truth about your past, Sarman!

May Mother Sindhu protect you

and give you strength!

Tomorrow, when you face

Bakar Zokaar in the arena...

remember that the

bigger enemy is Maham...

who spilled the blood of your family

and shook the foundation of this city.

Only you can save your father's city

from destruction, Sarman!

Only you can stop Maham!

This is my city.

Mohenjo Daro!

Duflan!

Here are your goods!

Sarman stayed back in wait of

the cattle herders of Dholvaira.

He will return only

when he has the bulls and goats.

Why did you leave him behind, Phulji?

Just as you were unable

to stop him from leaving...

I was unable to

stop him from staying.

I'll take your leave.

I'm getting worried...

do you think he found out?

I do not know...

Attention!

Today, we carry out

the most cruel sentence.

A criminal must be punished!

He will face Bakar and Zokaar!

The boon of life

or the curse of death!

Truth will win

and falsehoods will lose!

Bring the prisoner!

Weapons!

He will choose the trident!

Bring in Bakar and Zokaar!

Ishme-Dagan,

this is Bakar and Zokaar!

They are both man-eaters brought

from the mountains of Tajik.

They strike only to kill,

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