Book Description
Discusses the Indus River, which is the chief river of Pakistan.
Author : Shane Mountjoy
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 49,25 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Indus River Valley
ISBN : 1438120036
Discusses the Indus River, which is the chief river of Pakistan.
Author : Alice Albinia
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 10,45 MB
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0393063224
“Alice Albinia is the most extraordinary traveler of her generation. . . . A journey of astonishing confidence and courage.”—Rory Stewart One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god, used as a tool of imperial expansion, and today is the cement of Pakistan’s fractious union. Alice Albinia follows the river upstream, through two thousand miles of geography and back to a time five thousand years ago when a string of sophisticated cities grew on its banks. “This turbulent history, entwined with a superlative travel narrative” (The Guardian) leads us from the ruins of elaborate metropolises, to the bitter divisions of today. Like Rory Stewart’s The Places In Between, Empires of the Indus is an engrossing personal journey and a deeply moving portrait of a river and its people.
Author : Sadiq I. Khan
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 2019-01-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 012812783X
Indus River Basin: Water Security and Sustainability provides a comprehensive treatment of water-related issues within the Indus River basin. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field, hence this book serves as a single, holistic source covering the whole region, not just a single country. Many of the challenges faced by this region are trans-boundary issues, especially within the context of climate change and water scarcity. Topics covered include extreme engineering and water resource management (one of the largest irrigation systems in dry to semi-desert conditions), social sciences (population dynamics linked to water resources) and political sciences. As such, this book is relevant and important to all researchers interested in these issues. - Includes detailed chapters provided by specialists in each different field as compiled by well experienced editors - Presents work from related fields across the Indus basin and makes them easily accessible on one single place - Shows the Indus River as a type case and shares issues relevant to other locations across the world
Author : David Gilmartin
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,63 MB
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520355539
"The book is a history of the political and environmental transformation of the Indus basin as a result of the modern construction of the world's largest, integrated irrigation system. Begun under British colonial rule in the 19th century, this transformation continued after the region was divided between two new states, India and Pakistan, in 1947. Massive irrigation works have turned an arid region into one of dense agricultural population, but its political legacies continue to shape the politics and statecraft of the region"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Hazel Richardson
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 18,74 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780778720409
A look at the geography, history, economy, language, social classes, villages and cities, religion, culture, and inventions of the ancient Indus River Valley.
Author : Dhruv Sen Singh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 30,37 MB
Release : 2017-12-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9811029849
The book presents geomorphological studies of the major river basins – the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra and their tributaries. Besides major basins, the book explores peninsular rivers and other rivers state-by-state. All types of rivers, i.e. snow-fed, rain-fed and groundwater-fed rivers are explained together in geological framework. Rivers are lifeline and understanding of the rivers, their dynamics, science and socio-economic aspect is very important. However, different sources provide different data base for rivers. But a book which explains all major rivers of a country at a single place was not yet available. This book is the first book of its kind in the world which provides expert opinion on all major rivers of a country like India. This book complements works in these areas for the last two to three decades on major rivers of India by eminent professors and scientists from different universities, IITs and Indian research institutions. The information presented in the book would appeal to a wider readership from students, teachers to researchers and planners engaged in developmental work and also to common people of the society concerned with awareness about rivers.
Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 28,93 MB
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541956559
The Indus River was an important location in ancient times. Near it, civilizations thrived. In this book, you are going to learn about the ancient civilization of the Indus River, and how such a body of water was instrumental in the people’s survival. Go ahead and grab a copy of this book today.
Author : Daniel Haines
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,92 MB
Release : 2017
Category : India
ISBN : 9781849047166
Daniel Haines uncovers the history of one of the most important factors in relations between these two South Asian powers -- water
Author : Jane Shuter
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 2008-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781432913359
An introduction to the civilization of the Indus Valley, which began in ca. 3500 B.C.E., including its culture, government, writing system, and more.
Author : M. Sintubin
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,49 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 0813724716
"Ancient earthquakes are pre-instrumental earthquakes that can only be identified through indirect evidence in the archaeological (archaeoseismology) and geological (palaeoseismology) record. Special Paper 471 includes a selection of cases convincingly illustrating the different ways the archaeological record is used in earthquake studies. The first series of papers focuses on the relationship between human prehistory and tectonically active environments, and on the wide range of societal responses to historically known earthquakes. The bulk of papers concerns archaeoseismology, showing the diversity of approaches, the wide range of disciplines involved, and its potential to contribute to a better understanding of earthquake history. Ancient Earthquakes will be of interest to the broad community of earth scientists, seismologists, historians, and archaeologists active in and around archaeological sites in the many regions around the world threatened by seismic hazards. This Special Paper frames in the International Geoscience Programme IGCP 567 'Earthquake Archaeology: Archaeoseismology along the Alpine-Himalayan Seismic Zone.'"--Publisher's description.