Empires of the Indus : the story of a river

By: Albinia, AliceMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London : John Murray, 2008Description: xvii, 366 p. [16] p. of plates : col. ill., mapISBN: 9780719560033 (hbk.)Subject(s): Indus civilization. Asia--Indus River Valley Indus civilization Travel Asia--Indus River RegionDDC classification: 954.91 Summary: The Indus rises in Tibet, flows west across India, and south through Pakistan. For millennia it has been worshipped as a god; for centuries used as a tool of imperial expansion. Empires of the Indus follows the river upstream and back in time, taking the reader on a voyage through two thousand miles of geography and more than five thousand years of history redolent with contemporary importance.
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The Indus rises in Tibet, flows west across India, and south through Pakistan. For millennia it has been worshipped as a god; for centuries used as a tool of imperial expansion.

Empires of the Indus follows the river upstream and back in time, taking the reader on a voyage through two thousand miles of geography and more than five thousand years of history redolent with contemporary importance.

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