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The Indus Gorge is formed as the Indus River bends around the Nanga Parbat massif, shown towering behind, defining the western anchor of the Himalayan mountain range. The Indus (/ ˈɪndəs / IN-dəs) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans- Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. [7]
Indus Valley Civilisation. Excavated ruins of Mohenjo-daro, Sindh province, Pakistan, showing the Great Bath in the foreground. Mohenjo-daro, on the right bank of the Indus River, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the first site in South Asia to be so declared. Miniature votive images or toy models from Harappa, c.2500 BCE.
The most widely known Indus Valley sites are Mohenjo-daro and Harappa; Mohenjo-daro is located in modern-day Sindh, while Harappa is in Pakistani Punjab. [6] in British India, around 1,100 (80%) sites are located on the plains between the rivers Ganges and Indus. [3] The oldest-known site of the Indus Valley Civilization, Bhirrana, [7] and the ...
Indus Basin. (Redirected from 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. The Indus basin.
Mohenjo-daro is located off the right (west) bank of the lower [9] Indus river in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. It lies on a Pleistocene ridge in the flood plain of the Indus, around 28 kilometres (17 mi) from the town of Larkana .
Harappa (Punjabi pronunciation: [ɦəɽəppaː]) is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about 24 kilometres (15 miles) west of Sahiwal.The Bronze Age Harappan civilisation, now more often called the Indus Valley Civilisation, is named after the site, which takes its name from a modern village near the former course of the Ravi River, which now runs eight kilometres (five miles) to the ...
Rigvedic geography. Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged multiple historians; it is the single most important way of establishing the geography and chronology of the early Vedic period. [1][2] Rivers with certain identifications stretch from eastern Afghanistan to the western Gangetic plain, clustering in the Punjab.
The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the North Indian River Plain, is a 700-thousand km 2 (172-million- acre) fertile plain encompassing northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including most of modern-day northern and eastern India, most of eastern- Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal. [1]