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Indus River near Leh, Ladakh, India Confluence of Indus and Zanskar rivers. The Indus is at the left of the picture, flowing left-to-right; the Zanskar, carrying more water, comes in from the top of the picture. Indus is an antecedent river, meaning that it existed before the Himalayas and entrenched itself while they were rising.
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. Around two-thirds of water supplied for irrigation and in homes come from the Indus and its associated rivers.
Sindhi Literature. Prominent in Sindhi culture, Sindhi poetry (Sindhi: سنڌي شاعري) continues an oral tradition dating back a thousand years. The verbal verses were based on folk tales. Sindhi is one of the major oldest languages of the Indus Valley, having a peculiar literary colour both in poetry and prose. Sindhi poetry is very rich ...
Kot Diji (Sindhi: ڪوٽ ڏیجي; Urdu: کوٹ ڈیجی) is an ancient site which was part of the Indus Valley Civilization, estimated to have been occupied around 3300 BCE. Located about 45 km (28 mi) south of Khairpur in the modern-day province of Sindh, Pakistan, it is on the east bank of the Indus River opposite Mohenjo-daro.
Indus Journey: A Personal View of Pakistan is a book by Imran Khan that was first published in 1990. 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 ]
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 ...
Sukkur Barrage is used to control water flow in the River Indus for the purposes of irrigation and flood control. This barrage which is the backbone of the economy of the entire country enables water to flow through what was originally a network of seven canals 9,923 kilometres (6,166 mi) long, feeding the largest irrigation system in the world, with more than 7.63 million acres of irrigated ...
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]