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Indus

A large river of south-central Asia, rising in Tibet and flowing through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea

Indus

A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo. It commemorates American Indians

Indus

A large river of south-central Asia, rising in Tibet and flowing through India and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea

Indus Valley Civilization

an ancient civilization from the Indus river valley; also the Harappan civilization

Indus River

Trans-Himalayan river of southern Asia. It is one of the world's longest rivers, with a length of 1,800 mi (2,900 km). Its annual flow of 272 billion cu yd (207 billion cu m) is twice that of the Nile. It rises in southwestern Tibet and flows northwest through valleys of the Himalayas. After crossing into the Kashmir region, it continues northwestward through the Indian-and Pakistani-administered areas and then turns south into Pakistan. Swelled by tributaries from the Punjab region, including the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej rivers, it widens and flows more slowly. It has supplied water for irrigation on the plains of Pakistan since early times

Indus civilization

( 2500- 1700 BC) Earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent and the most extensive of the world's three earliest civilizations. It stretched from near the present-day Iran-Pakistan border on the Arabian Sea in the west to near Delhi in the east, and 500 mi (800 km) to the south and 1,000 mi (1,600 km) to the northeast. It is known to have included two large cities, Harappa and Mohenjo Daro (in what is now Pakistan), whose large size suggests centralization in two large states or one state with two capitals. Alternatively, Harappa may have succeeded Mohenjo Daro. It was a literate civilization; the language has been tentatively identified as Dravidian. Wheat and barley were grown, many animals (including cats, dogs, and cattle) were domesticated, and cotton was cultivated. The best-known artifacts are seals depicting real and imaginary animals. How and when the civilization came to an end is unclear; Mohenjo Daro was attacked and destroyed in the mid-2nd millennium BC, but in the south there was continuity between the Indus civilization and the Copper Age civilizations of central and western India

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In·dus

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îndıs

Aussprache

/ˈəndəs/ /ˈɪndəs/

Etymologie

(abbreviation.) From Latin Sindus, a Latinization of Hindu, an Iranian variant of Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu, “river, stream; Indus”).