![]() But above all, it is where for the first time humans consciousness matured enough to enquire about its own self existence, its own relationship with universe and where the concepts of Being, Self, Gods and Almighty were first formed. ![]() It is where language first took root in human consciousness and mother of all languages, Sanskrit was codified by Panini some four thousand years back. ![]() It is on the banks of Sindhu river that the first cosmopolitan cities of Mohanjodaro and Harappa were inhabited in antiquity. Sindhu river, more popularly known by its Greek name Indus is one of most important rivers in the history of human civilisation. The Empires of the Indus is a magnificent travelogue covering the trail of Sindhu or Indus river starting from Sindu Delta in Arabian sea and working upstream its way up through Pakistan, Afganistan, India and finally to its source Sense Khabab or Lion’s Mouth at Tibet. Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River by Alice Albinia ![]()
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