There is some speculation, after analyzing the seals found at Mohenjo-daro, that the ancient name of the city may have been Kukkutarma - “city of the cockerel”. It is believed that cock-fighting could have taken place there, which could have ritual and religious significance for the city, and domesticated roosters were bred there not for consumption, but for ritual purposes. Perhaps Mohenjo-daro was the place from which the breeding of domesticated chickens spread into the world. The modern name of this city can be interpreted as “the mound of the dead men”, but also as “Mohan’s mound”, where Mohan is Krishna - the main deity of Hinduism.
