page_title: Indus River
hierarchical_section_title: Indus River
caption_attribution_description: English: Babur crossing the Indus in the heat of battle, a painting commissioned by Akbar, c.1589; from the collection of the Aga Khan Museum (*more information*); click on the image for a large scan Source: http://www.akdn.org/museum/detail.asp?artifactid=1677 (downloaded Apr. 2011)
context_page_description: The Indus River is the greatest river on the western side of the south Asian subcontinent. It is one of the seven sacred rivers for Hindus. It was the birthplace of the early Indus Valley civilization.
  The river is 3180 km long. It is Pakistan's longest river. The river has a total drainage area exceeding 1,165,000 km2. Its estimated annual flow stands at around 207 km3, making it the twenty-first largest river in the world in terms of annual flow.
  The word Indus and the cognate word Sind/Sindhu for the river is ancient. The Ancient Greeks used the word Indós; Hinduš was Old Persian; Sindhu in Sanskrit. Modern languages on the sub-continent use either Sindh or Sindhu or very similar words. There is no doubt that the river gave its name to the country India.
context_section_description: The Indus River is the greatest river on the western side of the south Asian  subcontinent. It is one of the seven sacred rivers for Hindus. It was the birthplace of the early Indus Valley civilization.
  The river is 3180 km long. It is Pakistan's longest river. The river has a total drainage area exceeding 1,165,000 km2 (450,000 sq mi). Its estimated annual flow stands at around 207 km3 (50 cu mi), making it the twenty-first largest river in the world in terms of annual flow.  
  The word Indus and the cognate word Sind/Sindhu for the river is ancient. The Ancient Greeks used the word Indós; Hinduš was Old Persian; Sindhu in Sanskrit. Modern languages on the sub-continent use either Sindh (Urdu) or Sindhu (Hindi) or very similar words. There is no doubt that the river gave its name to the country India.
caption: Babur crossing the Indus River.
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