The discovery of Harappa and soon afterwards Mohenjo-Daro was the culmination of work beginning in 1861 with the founding of the Archaeological Survey of India during the British Raj.
Opdagelsen af Harappa, og senere Mohenjo-Daro, var kulminationen af et arbejde, der var sat i værk i 1861 med den britiske Rajs grundlæggelse af The Archaeological Survey of India.