(Screening) Omar Khan | Mohenjo Daro: Unsealing an Ancient Indus City.
Join us for a screening of Mohenjo-daro: Unsealing an Ancient Indus Cit \(https://www.harappa.com/video/mohenjo-daro-unsealing-ancient-indus-city\)y, a documentary that explores one of the world's greatest lost civilizations - the Indus Valley Civilization - through the eyes o f Omar Khan, the founder of Harappa.com. Omar Khan walks through the nearly five thousand year old city of Mohenjo-daro, discusses recent speculations about the Great Bath and the so-called Stupa mound, and raises many unanswered questions about this Bronze Age civilization while sharing recent perspectives and information. High quality graphics, countless actual Indus seals, pottery and sculptures photographed by leading archaeologists like Drs. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Richard H. Meadow; new photography and rare archival images from the earliest excavators; a handful of key recreations of the Great Bath and Stupa-Mound; the voices and music of Sindh from premiere music studio Lahooti Live Sessions. Featuring interviews with leading scholars, this film is ideal for students, educators, and anyone curious about the ancient world and the Indus civilization, the original urban civilization which some 2 billion people can claim descent from in modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The documentary is divided into five chapters: 1. The Story, 2. The City, 3. The Citadel, 4. The Writing and 5. The Future. Includes the voices and opinions of Dr. Ahmad Hasan Dani, Dr. Romila Thapar, Dr. Shereen Ratnagar, Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Shar, Iravatham Mahadevan, Sheikh Javid Ali Sindhi, Irshad Ali Solangi and Mohammad Ilyas. Running time 37 minutes. See the trailer HERE \(https://vimeo.com/1215616294/b822951167\). Language: English, Subtitles available in Urdu, Hindi, Tamil 15th Bangalore Shorts F ilm Festival | Best Documentary | 2026 9th South Asian Short Film Festival - Kolkata | 2026 -----DATE: Thu, October 22, 2026 TIME: 5-6:30 pm PST VENUE: 10 Stephens Hall ------About the Filmm aker: Omar Khan grew up in Vienna, Austria and Islamabad, Pakistan and is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Columbia and Stanford universities. He has researched early photography and ephemera of the subcontinent for thirty years and collects the early postcards featured here. He is an avid historian and award-winning web designer. Omar Khan's previous book is From Kashmir to Kabul: The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900 \(http://www.kashmirtokabul.com/\) \(Prestel/Gallimard/Mapin, 2002\). He has run the website Harappa.com \(https://www.harappa.com/\) since 1995, and recently retired as Chief Technology Officer \(CTO\) at Common Sense Media \(https://www.commonsensemedia.org/\) in San Francisco, California where he lives. His scholarly papers are at Academia.edu \(https://independent.academia.edu/OmarKhan14\).Event Poster TBA ------ Ev ent is FREE and OPEN to the public. Like us on FACEBOOK \(https://www.facebook.com/ISASatUCBerkeley\)PARKING INFORMATION \(http://southasia.berkeley.edu/parking-around-campus\)Please note that parking in not always easily available in Berkeley. Take public transportation if possible or arrive early to secure your spot.DIRECTIONS \(https://southasia.berkeley.edu/contactsdirections\) We are located at 10 Stephens Hall on UC Berkeley's campus. Please click this Google Maps Link \(https://www.google.com/maps/dir//Institute\+for\+South\+Asia\+Studies,\+Berkeley,\+CA/@37.8712099,-122.3278764 ,12z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x80857c25babcc33d:0xe2ff7d5c1483db5a!2m2!1d-122.2576645!2d37.8710952!3e0\) and enter your point of departure.for a screening of
Mohenjo-daro: Unsealing an Ancient Indus Cit y, a documentary that explores one of the world's greatest lost civilizations - the Indus Valley Civilization - through the eyes of Omar Khan, the founder of Harappa.com.
Omar Khan walks through the nearly five thousand year old city of Mohenjo-daro, discusses recent speculations about the Great Bath and the so-called Stupa mound, and raises many unanswered questions about this Bronze Age civilization while sharing recent perspectives and information.
High quality graphics, countless actual Indus seals, pottery and sculptures photographed by leading archaeologists like Drs. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Richard H. Meadow; new photography and rare archival images from the earliest excavators; a handful of key recreations of the Great Bath and Stupa-Mound; the voices and music of Sindh from premiere music studio Lahooti Live Sessions. Featuring interviews with leading scholars, this film is ideal for students, educators, and anyone curious about the ancient world and the Indus civilization, the original urban civilization which some 2 billion people can claim descent from in modern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The documentary is divided into five chapters: 1. The Story, 2. The City, 3. The Citadel, 4. The Writing and 5. The Future.
Includes the voices and opinions of Dr. Ahmad Hasan Dani, Dr. Romila Thapar, Dr. Shereen Ratnagar, Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Shar, Iravatham Mahadevan, Sheikh Javid Ali Sindhi, Irshad Ali Solangi and Mohammad Ilyas.
Running time 37 minutes. See the trailer
HERE .
Language: English,
Subtitles available in Urdu, Hindi,
Tamil
15th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival | Best Documentary | 2026
9th South Asian Short Film Festival - Kolkata | 2026
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DATE: Thu, October 22, 2026
TIME: 5-6 :30 pm PST
VENUE: 10 Stephens Hall
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About the Filmmaker:
Omar Khan grew up in Vienna, Austria and Islamabad, Pakistan and is a graduate of Dartmouth College, Columbia and Stanford universities. He has researched early photography and ephemera of the subcontinent for thirty years and collects the early postcards featured here. He is an avid historian and award-winning web designer.
Omar Khan's previous book is
From Kashmir to Kabul: The Photographs of John Burke and William Baker 1860-1900
\(Prestel/Gallimard/Mapin, 2002\). He has run the website
Harappa.com
since 1995, and recently retired as Chief Technology Officer \(CTO\) at
Common Sense Media
in San Francisco, California where he lives. His scholarly papers are at
Academia.edu .
Event Poster
TBA
------
Ev ent is FREE and OPEN to the public.
Like us on
PARKING INFORMATION
Please note that parking in not always easily available in Berkeley. Take public transportation if possible or arrive early to secure your spot.
We are located at 10 Stephens Hall on UC Berkeley's campus. Please click this
Google Maps Link
and enter your point of departure.