How did the river Indus get its name
The total area of the Indus River is more than the total area of Pakistan which is 1165000 square kilometers.
Hindu
traditions forbade crossing this river and whoever crossed it was made a Hindu
again on his return.
will be a new thing for many people that the river is one of the largest rivers in the world in terms of water flow, with twice as much water as the Nile.
People may
not even know that India is named after the Indus. Since Mohenjo-Daro, a
central part of the Indus Valley Civilization, was located on the banks of the
Indus River, Sir John Marshall, former head of the Archaeological Survey of
India, decided to give the country the official name of India. He also
expressed surprise that all areas of the Indus River Civilization fall under
Pakistan, then why India was officially named India?
The total
length of the Indus River is 3180 km which starts from the western part of
Tibet. Passing through Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan, the river touches the foot
of the Nanga Parbat and joins the Kabul River at Attock along the Silk Road.
From Kala Bagh, it enters the plains and then into the sea near Karachi.
The total
area of the Indus River is more than the total area of Pakistan which is
1165000 square kilometers.
How did the
Indus River get its name? In this regard, it is said that when the sphere of
influence of Iranian customs extended to Gandhara, they called it Hindu which
the Greeks called Indus, and later in Sanskrit became Indus which is now called
Sindh. However, its name has been different at different times.
The Attock
Gazetteer states that there are two names for the Indus River within the
district. When it enters Attock from Hazara, it is called Attock River. Syed
Nusrat Bukhari's recently published book, Attock District, Tazkira and History,
Sindh, says that it was named Neelab because of its blue water. The town of
Bagh Neelab is still located on Attock Basal Road on the banks of the Indus
River. In fact, this is the town from where the ancient invaders used to cross
this river and enter India.
Muhammad
Qasim Farshta, the author of 'Tarikh Farshta', also writes it as Neelab and
says that it is according to Hindu belief. It is forbidden to cross it. There
were those whom he considered militia, and if anyone crossed the Hindu river.
On his return, he was made a new Hindu. This belief was also confirmed by
nineteenth-century European travelers Hughes and Burns. The cause of the river
Attock was a tribe called Tamiya Tika who lived between Margalla and the river
Attock.
According to
some historians, Attock is a Dravidian word meaning swampy land. However, the
general impression is that it got its name from the river Attock because it
slows down after coming here. That is why it is called the river Attock.
Because the language of the Mughals was Turkish and in Turkish, the word is used
for Attock. Akbar built a large fort here which was at the foot of a hill so it
was called Attock which later got stuck.
Hindu,
Sindh, Sindh, Attock, or Neelab. The names of this tiger stream have also
changed over time. Today, the river is more than 3,000 km long and flows
through the high mountains of Tibet, irrigating the plains of Punjab. It is
possible that at the same time it is called by different names in each area. It
is also a fact that the world's oldest civilizations thrive at its foothills
and because of these civilizations it is called the Indus River.
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