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The Indus River in the foreground and the Nanga Parbat peak, the western syntaxis of the Himalayas, far in the background, a little faint but towering well above the cloud layer [c] Indus River near Leh, Ladakh. Indus is an antecedent river, meaning that it existed before the Himalayas and entrenched itself while they were rising.
The Kalabagh Dam (Urdu: کالا باغ ڈيم) is a proposed hydroelectric dam on the Indus River at Kalabagh in the Mianwali District of Punjab, Pakistan. The dam, first proposed in 1950s, has been intensely debated along ethnic and regional lines for several decades. [1] If constructed, the dam could generate 3,600 megawatts(MW) of electricity.
[5] [6] By 4500 BCE, the Indus Valley Civilization evolved, which flourished between 2500 BCE and 1900 BCE along the Indus River. [7] The region that now constitutes Pakistan served both as the cradle of a major ancient civilization and as a strategic gateway connecting South Asia with Central Asia and the Near East .
This is a list of rivers wholly or partly in Pakistan, organised geographically by river basin, from west to east. Tributaries are listed from the mouth to the source. The longest and the largest river in Pakistan is the Indus River. Around two-thirds of water supplied for irrigation and in homes come from the Indus and its associated rivers. [1]
Empires of the Indus was awarded the Jerwood Award by the Royal Society of Literature in 2005. [1] The Indus River is a transboundary river more than 3000km long, originating north of the Himalayas, winding its way through Central and Southern Asia, and flowing into the sea in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The history of human cultures and ...
The Indus, one of the great rivers of the world, rises in southwestern Tibet only about 160 kilometres west of the source of the Sutlej River, which first flows through Punjab, India and joins the Indus in Pakistani Punjab, and the Brahmaputra, which runs eastward before turning southwest and flowing through India and, Bangladesh. The catchment ...
The book documents his travel along the Indus River. [1] The work presents Khan in the roles of a travel writer, tour guide, and amateur historian. [1] The book provides a comprehensive overview of the river's path from its delta on the Arabian Sea to its source in the Himalayas. [1]
The Greeks who conquered Sindh in 325 BC under the command of Alexander the Great referred to the Indus River as Indós, hence the modern Indus. The ancient Iranians referred to everything east of the river Indus as hind. [5] [6] The word Sind is a Persian derivative of the Sanskrit term Sindhu, meaning "river" - a reference to Indus River. [7]