As a bold young man, Chandragupta Maurya, the future king of the Mauryan Empire, allegedly offered some brash advice to Alexander the Great, who had crossed the Indus River—the farthest frontier ...

Many of the suffering violence and hardships caused today are due to terrorism allegedly inspired by religion dharma This is due to improper and incomplete understanding of dharma and sampradaya Dharm ...

The Indus Valley people benefited from the highly fertile lands of the Indus River floodplain and trade from nearby Mesopotamia. Two cities, Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, once home to 40,000 to 50,000 ...

Nearchus, the ancient Greek Navigator, bridged East and West with a daring voyage that reshaped ancient maritime strategy and trade routes. Credit: Mary Harsh CC BY 2.0 A man of intellect, daring, and ...

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – India has started work on a controversial project in the disputed Ladakh region to obstruct the flow of the Indus River. This revelation was made by Engineer Arshad H. Abbasi in ...

The river nourished the great Indus Valley Civilization and continues to feed farms, foster biodiversity, and inspire Sindhi literature and rituals. To disrupt its flow is to disturb the roots of ...

First of all, know that the Indus River is deepest near Nanga Parbat in Gilgit-Baltistan. Here its depth ranges from 4500 to 5200 meters, or 14800 to 17100 feet.

Explore the ancient Indus Valley city of Dholavira in Gujarat—India’s best-preserved Harappan site. Discover stunning archaeology, salt flat drives, local cuisine, and eco-travel with the ...

Archival documents reveal that in 1951, India sought Indus water from Pakistan for a Somnath Temple ritual. Despite potential press criticism, Pakistan was unlikely to object. An Indian envoy ...

The Indus is an antecedent river, which means it has existed for over 50 million years, since the Indian plate first collided with Asia and gave rise to the Himalayas.

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Officials Are Offering $1 Million to Anyone Who Can Decode This Ancient Script The enigmatic Indus Valley civilization left behind a script that today’s historians haven’t yet deciphered ...