Etymologically, English language word "Indus" comes from Late Latin Indus (1598), specifically a use of classical Latin … See more

The Indus River provides key water resources for Pakistan's economy – especially the breadbasket of Punjab province, which accounts for most of the nation's agricultural production, and Sindh. The word P… See more

The major cities of the Indus Valley Civilisation, such as Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, date back to around 3300 BC, and represent some of the largest human habitations of the ancient world. The Indus Valley Civili… See more

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Indus is an antecedent river, meaning that it existed before the Himalayas and entrenched itself while they were rising.
The Indus River feeds the Indus submarine fan, which is the second largest sediment body on Ea… See more

Accounts of the Indus valley from the times of Alexander's campaign indicate a healthy forest cover in the region. The Mughal Emperor Babur writes of encountering rhinoceroses along its bank in his memoirs (the … See more