WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Doubtless, many people are familiar with the place occupied by the two great river systems of the Ganga and the Indus in the development of Indian civilization, but a broader consideration of the tales that Indians have spun around these twisting bodies of water has never been attempted.

Detailed explanation-2: -These include the Ganges (GAN•JEEZ) and the Indus. Like other rivers you have studied, these two rivers carry water for irrigation. The silt they deposit makes the land fertile. The Indus River valley was the home of the first Indian civilization.

Detailed explanation-3: -The major rivers in Indus river system are (in order of their length): Indus-3, 610 kilometres (2, 240 mi) Sutlej-1, 372 kilometres (853 mi) Chenab-1, 090 kilometres (680 mi)

Detailed explanation-4: -This river was known to the ancient Indians in Sanskrit as Sindhu and the Persians as Hindu which was regarded by both of them as “the border river".