Scientists are wondering if one day, on a hill near the city, there was a massive explosion, as a result of which all buildings melted, and the skeletons near the site of the explosion became radioactive. In 1987, Professor M. Dmitriev hypothesized that the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro was burned by a gigantic lightning bolt. Such a phenomenon is extremely rare, but it can occur, especially since the Mohenjo-daro ruins are located exactly at the junction of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. There is tremendous stress in the earth’s crust at the junction. The pressure that developed at the junction of the two plates could have caused an electrical voltage to appear in the rock layers containing the quartz. Another kind of tension arises between the earth’s surface and the upper atmosphere. When the two overlapped, lightning of extraordinary dimensions was created (ancient Indian myths mention a certain blinding radiance).
