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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 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.
Indus Valley Civilisation Alternative names Harappan civilisation ancient Indus Indus civilisation Geographical range Basins of the Indus river, Pakistan and the seasonal Ghaggar-Hakra river, eastern Pakistan and northwestern India Period Bronze Age South Asia Dates c. 3300 – c. 1300 BCE Type site Harappa Major sites Harappa, Mohenjo-daro, Dholavira, and Rakhigarhi Preceded by Mehrgarh ...
In addition, the language of Urdu (literally meaning "horde" or "camp" in various Turkic dialects, but more likely "city" in the South Asian context) was born during the Delhi Sultanate period, as a result of the mingling of speakers of native Prakrits, Persian, Turkish and Arabic languages.
Kurrama River (Urdu: دریائے کرم ) Tochi River, sometimes referred to as the Gambila River; Soan River (Urdu: دریائے سون) Ling stream; Haro River; Kabul River. Swat River. River Jindi; Panjkora River; Bara River; Kunar River (Kunar Rud) Lutkho River; Siran River; Tangir River: Tributary river of River Indus; flows from Tangir ...
The roots of Sindhi culture go back to the distant past. Archaeological research during the 19th and 20th centuries showed the roots of social life, religion, and culture of the people of the Sindh: their agricultural practises, traditional arts and crafts, customs and traditions, and other parts of social life, going back to a mature Indus Valley Civilization of the third millennium BC.
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 ...
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 ...