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Ahsan Talpur August 10 at 11:40 AM provided a remarkable insight. "People of village Balhreji (nearby village of Mohenjo Daro) and other villagers of vicinity called Mohen Jo Daro in Sindhi as Mohen which means face or front as in Hindi or Urdu people called Monh. Mohen Jo Daro means Mound of Face of River. Mr John Marshall has correctly pronounced and writes the spelling of Mohen Jo Daro." Ahsan Talpur on Facebook.
Thus, it will be an error to explain Mohen Jo Daro as a 'mound of the dead'.
I agree with Ahsan Talpur that Mohen Jo Daro means a 'river front mound.'
dará3 in cmpds. ʻ cleaving ʼ RV. (dára -- Pāṇ.); B. darā ʻ cave, valley ʼ; M. darā m. ʻ deep ravine ʼ; Or. dari ʻ cave ʼ, (Sambhalpur) daer ʻ ditch, canal ʼ; H. G. darī f. ʻ cave, valley ʼ(CDIAL 6188) and cognate துறை tuṟai [K. toṟe.] in Tamil and Kannada signify a 'river'. Thus, Mohen Jo Daro is an expression which means 'river front mound' or 'riverfront harbour or port'.
dhāˊra2 ʻ stream ʼ in dhāˊra -- pūta -- RV., adj. ʻ streaming down ʼ Suśr., m. ʻ heavy rain ʼ Hariv. 2. dhāˊrā -- 1 f. ʻ stream, flood ʼ RV. 1. Pk. dhāra -- n. ʻ spring water ʼ; Kho. (Lor.) dar ʻ flowing rapidly ʼ; P. dhārā m. ʻ stream, current ʼ; Ku. dhāro ʻ spring ʼ; N. dhāro ʻ spring, stream (e.g. of tears) ʼ; H. dhār m. ʻ heavy rain ʼ, dhālā m. ʻ stream, current ʼ. <-> M. dhārẽ n. ʻ hole in roof or wall for smoke ʼ (cf. dhārā<-> ʻ hole in pitcher ʼ lex.): very doubtful. 2. Pa. dhārā -- f. ʻ stream, current ʼ; Pk. dhārā -- f. ʻ stream, rain ʼ; Kho. (Lor.) dar ʻ swift water in river ʼ; K. dār f. ʻ stream of falling liquid ʼ; S. dhāra f. ʻ stream, current ʼ; L. dhār, pl. ˚rã f. ʻ stream (esp. of milk) ʼ, awāṇ. dhār f. ʻ current ʼ; P. dhār f. ʻ stream, current ʼ; WPah.bhal. nak -- dhār ʻ nose -- bleeding ʼ; Ku. dhār ʻ flow of water ʼ; A. B. dhār ʻ current ʼ, Or. dhāra, Mth. dhār; OAw. dhāra ʻ spring, stream ʼ; H. dhār f. ʻ stream, current, flow of milk from cow ʼ; G. M. dhār f. ʻ current ʼ; OSi. diya -- därä ʻ in the flow of the waters ʼ, Si. daraya ʻ torrent, heavy rain ʼ. sudhārá -- ; *uṣṇadhāra -- , *jharadhāra -- , *jhāladhāraka -- , *pānīyadhāraka -- . Addenda: dhāˊra -- 2 . 2. dhāˊrā -- 1 : WPah.kṭg. (kc.) dhāˋr f. (obl. -- a) ʻ stream ʼ, J. dhā'r f., poet. dharna f.(CDIAL 6788)
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In Tamil and Kannada, துறை tuṟai [K. toṟe.] means 'river'; the Tamil expression