The valley of the Indus was the site of an early civilization. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Abdallah erected an independant kingdom of which the Indus is the general boundary. From Wordnik.com. [Sporting Sketches] Reference
The name Indus valley culture was given primarily because most of the sites of this culture were found in Indus valley after the first excavation in 1922. From Wordnik.com. [DesiPundit] Reference
From Attock to the sea the Indus is a noble river. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 5. (of 7): Persia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
In many ways, then, reading Empires of the Indus was a form of re-education. From Wordnik.com. [Ultrabrown] Reference
It tooke the name of the floude called Indus, whiche closeth vp the lande on the Weste side. From Wordnik.com. [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc.] Reference
But the Ganges and the Indus are the patrimony of the fame of my honorable friend, and not of Cicero. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12)] Reference
The Indus, which is nowhere bridged within the district, is navigable for native boats throughout its course of 76 m. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
From the man who had journeyed furthest, he learned one day that a half-month's march from the Indus was a river even greater. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Boy]
Wallace notes a similar "debatable land" in the Rajputana Desert east of the Indus, which is the border district between the Oriental and. From Wordnik.com. [Influences of Geographic Environment On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography] Reference
Empires of the Indus is a magnificent book, a triumphant melding of travel and history into a compelling story of adventure and discovery. From Wordnik.com. [The Moderate Voice] Reference
Below Kálabágh the Indus is a typical lowland river of great size, with many sandy islands in the bed and a wide valley subject to its inundations. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
Baltis once called the Indus 'Gemtsuh', the Great Flood, or 'Tsuh-Fo', the Male River; here, as in Ladakh and Tibet, it is known as 'Senge Tsampo', the Lion River. From Wordnik.com. [Bloggers.Pakistan] Reference
The Indus should be a border of sorts, but Pakistan sits astride both its banks, just as the fertile and teeming Punjab plain is bisected by the India-Pakistan border. From Wordnik.com. [doggdot.us] Reference
9The Army of the Indus was a manifestation of the colonial imagination then dominated by the Indus commercial navigation project. From Wordnik.com. [Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier] Reference
I also take great pleasure in mentioning that Commodore Kellett and Captain Hay of the "Indus" came to offer their assistance with boats and cots to land the sick. From Wordnik.com. [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference
How about a blog for Urbs Primus in Indus?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
India and Pakistan have serious differences over sharing of waters in rivers such as Indus and Chenab. From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
India, the Indus was the boundary of the former. From Wordnik.com. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir] Reference
He said the Indus would reach peak flood stage late this week. From Wordnik.com. [U.N. Says 800,000 Cut Off By Pakistan Floods] Reference
China in 1965 boundary agreement; disputes with Pakistan over Indus. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Terrain: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Pakistan flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Three hundred miles of its mountain walls facing the Indus are south of the railway from the. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Terrain: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Pakistan: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Authorities issued the warning Thursday after the Indus River breached an embankment in Sindh province. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan Orders Evacuations as Flooding Worsens] Reference
The cis-Indus portions of Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan now comprises the new Punjab district of Mianwali. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
It has famous ruins and monuments of Moenjo Daro, and the Indus passes through it throughout a length of 53 kilometers. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan Struggles To Help Flood Victims] Reference
Sure, the river Indus is long and mighty, but no less so are its counterparts in India, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra. From Wordnik.com. [Sunil Sharan: Enemy in Need can be Friend Indeed] Reference
Sind, west of the Indus, for a considerable period, exhibit great power of artistic design in their sepulchral monuments. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Starting from its borders several large rivers break through its rocky ramparts, among them the Indus, Brahmaputra, Irawadi, and Hoang. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
The Indus was already more than 15 miles (25 kilometers) wide at some points Friday – 25 times wider than during normal monsoon seasons. From Wordnik.com. [Cholera Confirmed In Pakistani Flood Disaster] Reference
Water levels in the river Indus, which cuts down the middle of Pakistan and has most of the population huddled around it, are said to be the highest in 110 years. From Wordnik.com. [Pakistan floods: 'By the time I had got the children, the water was waist high'] Reference
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