India, March 19 -- The Indus Valley Civilisation urban centre of Mohenjo-daro, today in Pakistan's Sindh province, had democracy that was on par with ancient Greece and Rome, a new study has found.

A team of researchers analysed archaeological and historical evidence from 31 ancient societies across Europe, Asia, and the Americas and found that shared, inclusive governance was far more common than was once believed, according to a statement by the Field Museum in Chicago, United States.

"By widening the analytical vantage, we see that the key attributes of democratic/collective governance are neither unique nor limited to a single continent or specific historical moment. In the results of our analyses, it is not particularly unusual tha...