Indus

• Photographer
  Jayanta Roy, India

The Indus River is one of the longest rivers in Asia. It flows through
Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and western Tibet. Originating in the
Tibetan Plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar, the river runs a
course through the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir,
The Indus forms the delta of present-day Pakistan mentioned in the
Vedic Rigveda as Sapta Sindhu and the Iranian Zend Avesta as Hapta
Hindu (both terms meaning "seven rivers"). The river has been a
source of wonder since the Classical Period, with King Darius of Persia
sending his Greek subject Scylax of Caryanda to explore the river as
early as 510 BC.