Indus
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- proper noun
- /ˈɪndəs/
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Indo
- For some, including a few Indus archaeologists, this settled the issue.
- Indus River
- Indus Waters
- Indus Valley
Examples
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The Indus is one of the longest rivers in Asia, flowing through India and Pakistan.
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It first appeared in the Indus Valley almost 4,000 years ago.
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Such artifacts are part of the larger material record of the Indus civilization.
Academic text (2010) -
INDIA: Archaeologists have found a key site for understanding the Indus Valley civilization.
Academic text (2009) -
Cotton fabric had been known as early as 14,000 B.C. in the Indus Valley.
Academic text (2009) -
Well, make landfall south of Karachi, then follow the Indus Valley north.
Fiction book (2000) -
To do so, he would first have to cross the Hindu Kush mountains and reach the Indus River Valley.
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Mismanaged water use has ruined some of the best irrigated lands of the Indus River basin in Pakistan.
Academic text (1994) -
Among the 1,500 known Indus sites are the large and well-planned cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro.
Academic text (2010) -
Some scholars hypothesized that the Indus civilization was heavily dependent on trade with far-flung regions such as Mesopotamia.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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A large river in South Asia that starts in Tibet and flows to the Arabian Sea
Compounds
An ancient culture in the Indus Valley from 2600 to 1750 BC with planned cities
Surface Forms
Etymology
Indus comes from the old Sanskrit word Sindhu, which meant 'river' or 'stream', so people simply named the great river 'Indus' because it was the river itself.