Chapter 2 introductory question from document section

The Man from Mohenjo statue is seven inches tall found in Mohenjo Daro that demonstrates an elite man. When archeologists were there in Mohenjo Daro, they didn't find any grand temples or palaces. No pictures, writings, or monuments. This made archeologists suggest that the city was not controlled 
by a single ruler but a group of elites including merchants, landowners, and others. Furthermore, they found a statue of a man. In the textbook, it is showing us a picture of that statue. Some specific features of the statue I can point out are the robe that is over his left shoulder, and how theres some kind 
of mask or jewelry on top of his head. Or it can be some kind of a hat that was required of him to wear or something. Another one can be that his eyes are 
both closed? The possible indications of elite status I can identify is definitely whatever the thing that is on top of the statue's head. It for sure must 
be some kind of elite status because of it design and how it is on the man's head. And also some king big ring, thread or some kind of bracelet that is on the man's right arm. I believe that the thing on the arm may mean something too. The overall impression the statue conveys is that this is a man that is 
given a lot of respect to. Someone that people looked up to or maybe 
someone that was a people's man. 

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