When railway lines were being laid down for the first time in Punjab, engineers stumbled upon the site of ____ in present-day Pakistan.

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When railway lines were being laid down for the first time in Punjab, engineers stumbled upon the site of Harappa in present-day Pakistan. Nearly 150 years ago, when railway lines were being laid down for the first time in Punjab, an engineer encountered the site of Harappa in modern-day Pakistan. It appeared to them to be a mound with an ample supply of readymade, high-quality bricks. So they carried thousands of bricks from the walls of the City's old buildings to construct a railway line. Many buildings were destroyed. Then, about 80 years ago, archaeologists realised it was one of the subcontinent's oldest cities.

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