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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. River in Asia "Indus Valley" redirects here. For the Bronze Age civilisation, see Indus Valley Civilisation. For other rivers named Indus, see Indus (disambiguation) § Rivers. "Indus" and "Sindhu" redirect here. For other uses, see Indus (disambiguation) and Sindhu (disambiguation ...
English: Map of the Indus River basin with tributaries labeled. Yellow regions are non-contributing parts of the watershed (e.g. the Thar Desert). Yellow regions are non-contributing parts of the watershed (e.g. the Thar Desert).
The Indus Basin. The Indus Basin is the part of Asia drained by the Indus River and its tributaries. The basin covers an area of 1,120,000 km 2 (430,000 sq mi) [1] [a] traversing four countries: Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan, with most of the area lying predominantly in the latter two countries.
Indus: Síndhu – Identified with Indus. [5] The central lifeline of RV. [6] Northwestern Rivers: Tr̥ṣṭā́mā – Blažek identifies with Gilgit. [5] Witzel notes it to be unidentified. [1] Susártu – Unidentified. Ánitabhā – Unidentified. Rasā́ – Described once to be on the upper Indus; at other times a mythical entity. [5]
The Ural River bridges in Atyrau and Orenburg are even labeled with permanent monuments carved with the word "Europe" on one side, "Asia" on the other. [ 102 ] Because the Kazakhs are an Asian people, after the collapse of the USSR , the option according to which the border of Europe runs from the Caspian Sea along the state border between ...
In ancient Greek geography, the basin of the Indus River, was on the extreme eastern fringe of the known world.. The Greek geographer Herodotus (5th century BC) describes the land as India, calling it ἡ Ἰνδική χώρη (Roman transliteration: hē Indikē chōrē, meaning "the Indus land"), after Hinduš, the Old Persian name for the satrapy of Punjab in the Achaemenid Empire.
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 ...
Somewhat in this fashion has been done today by geographers in the map of India, in that, most absurdly, they place this very celebrated River Ganges further west than the promontory of Singapore and than Taprobana, [51] though, according to the ancients, it lay much further to the eastward; then, also, they upset and confound the whole map of ...