Mohenjo Daro (मोहेंजो डरो)

because

these brave young men

have saved Amri village from that monstrous crocodile.

Thanks a lot, Sarman!

Thanks a lot!

Sarman

may your strength grow hundredfold!

Bima!

Why does it always have to be you?

Is there no one else in the village?

Every time there's a problem, why are you expected to solve it?

- Come on! - It's the truth!

When the river changes its 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.

Come on, you should be proud, but instead, you are scolding him.

Aunt Bima, if I can help, why should I not?

I was worried to death today thinking about you

and that beast.

Don't worry so much about me!

Aunt Bima, you often hum this tune.

This tune 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 a dream! Go now.

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 its course

our River Nara too moves away from our village.

How will the crops grow?

Uncle, may I ask you a question?

Mohenjo Daro?

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 of 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?

'Where does the River Sindhu end its journey?'

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 won't return.

Hojo, don't you 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 land Sindhu.

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 is it? What happened? Is there a crocodile?

It's about time for sunrise.

- Let's go! - Let's go? Where to?

Mohenjo Daro!

Mohenjo? Without telling anyone?

What if your uncle.. What if my parents find out?

It's all right. Come on

Bartering is not easy in Mohenjo Daro.

Pay close attention to what I am about to say.

Tell me, Uncle.

No matter what, 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!

I'll keep an eye on Sarman.

Phulji.

Till today you have been trading for me.

This time Sarman will go, I can no longer stop him.

- Look after him. - Okay.

Here is some food.

Take care!

Hey, let's go!

Keep this with you.

Open it only when it's a matter of life and death!

Promise me!

- Hojo. - Yes.

Mohenjo Daro!

And that is our Holy River, 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, Mr. Phulji?

It's a six creatures' symbol!

It represents the six great cities of land Sindhu.

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.

It's the symbol of Mohenjo Daro!

Bullock cart riders, go inside and get your token for trade.

Two indigo sacks from Amri as tax!

- Some wheat. - Keep it over there.

Where does our indigo tax go?

Take this!

Thank you.

Cotton from Lothal.

You? Why have you come here?

- Listen.. - Go back!

Listen to me.

This city is full of greed.

This is a land of thieves!

Save yourself! Or else, you'll be ruined.

- Go away! - Jakhiro!

Step aside! Let the traders through.

- Do not frighten them. Go! - Move!

Go away!

Return!

Go away! Return!

- Go away! - Go from here.

I said, go!

Who is he?

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 don't 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!

That's exactly what I'm doing.

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'll be left standing.

Hurry up.

Stop! Stop, stop!

Hey!

Be fast!

If the bazaar has any spark this year

it's because of those foreign traders!

Foreign traders? Where are they?

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 travelers across the sea

and it takes them some twenty days to reach Makkan.

Twenty? 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? - Horse!

Horse!

One hour has passed!

Use it to color your clothes.

Or paint it on your walls.

Take it!

We will give you eight sacks of wheat for three sacks of indigo.