xvii, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents
1 Ramzan in Karachi -- 2 Conquering the Classic River -- 3 Ethiopia's First Fruit -- 4 River Saints -- 5 The Guru's Army -- 6 Up the Khyber -- 7 Buddha on the Silk Road -- 8 Alexander at the Outer Ocean -- 9 Indra's Beverage -- 10 Alluvial Cities -- 11 Huntress of the Lithic -- 12 The Disappearing River
Summary
"One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains, flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan, millennia it has been worshipped as a god; for centuries used as a tool of imperial expansion; today it is the cement of Pakistan's fractions union." "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 live millennia or history redolent with contemporary importance."--BOOK JACKET
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-349) and index
