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| SINDH PROVINCE |
| Sind is the province of southeastern Pakistan, it is bordered on the northeast by Punjab Province, on the west and north by Baluchistan Province, on the east by the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, and on the south by the Arabian Sea. Sind was established as a province in its present form in 1970, and has an area of 140,914 sq km (54,407 sq mi). The provincial capital is Karachi. The population of Sind is about 30 million (1998), concentrated in the cities and the Indus Valley. About 43 percent of the population lives in urban areas. The major spoken language of Sind is Sindhi. Our Holy Quran was first translated in Sindhi. |
INDUS RIVER BANK One of my cousin MR. IRSHAD AHMED ABBASI standing very close to the River Indus. (KATIE KALHORO 2001) |
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| INDUS RIVER |
| The center of Sind consists of the valley and delta of the Indus River, which comprises about 40 percent of the province’s area; Sind is named after the river, called the Sindhu in Pakistan. The Kirthar Range of mountains runs north-south down the western side of the Indus Valley; a desert belt borders the eastern side, merging with the Thar Desert (or Great Indian Desert) in the south. Indus, river of Asia, formed in western Tibet (an autonomous region of China) by the confluence of the glacial streams from the Himalayas. It flows from Tibet northwest across the Indian controlled portion of Jammu and Kashmir, passing between the western extremity of the Himalayas and the northern extremity of the Hindu Kush mountain range; it then courses generally south through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea, covering a distance of 2,900 km (1,800 mi). The major tributaries of the Indus are the Sutlej, Ravi, and Chenab. |
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| HISTORY OF SINDH |
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Sind’s recorded history dates more than 4,000 years to the Indus Valley civilization (2500-1700 bc). Major archaeological sites are at Mohenjo-Daro, Rani Kot, and Kot Diji. In the late 500s bc the region was annexed to the Persian Empire. In 325 bc it was conquered by Alexander the Great and subsequently incorporated into various empires, including those of the Parthians, Scythians, and Kushanas. In the 3rd century ad it was reincorporated into the Persian Empire, where it remained until the Arab conquest of 711. From 1526 to 1761 Sind was part of the Mughal Empire. It was then ruled by a succession of independent Sindhi dynasties until the British annexed the area in 1843. In 1937 Sind was made a separate province within British India. As part of independent Pakistan, Sind was incorporated into the province of West Pakistan from 1955 until 1970, when it was reestablished as a separate province. |
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| MOHENJO-DARO
RUINS Mohenjo Daro, the most important archaeological site of the Indus Valley civilization, dates from about 2500 to about 1500 BC. The ruins of the ancient city Mohenjo-Daro are found in the province of Sind, southern Pakistan. |
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DARO, THE MOUND OF THE DEAD Mohenjo Daro, the Mound of the Dead, a thriving metropolis in its day, the city once lay on the Indus River, now 5 kilometers (3 miles) away, and housed an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 people. |
| AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION |
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The Indus and its associated canal-based irrigation system is the foundation of Sind’s economy; the majority of people are employed in agriculture. The major crops are wheat, rice, sugarcane, maize (corn), cotton, and oilseeds. Productivity has increased substantially since the 1960s because of greater fertilizer use and the development of better drainage, which has reduced water logging and salinity in the soil. Sind has many orchards producing a wide variety of fruits includes mangoes (of different kinds like sindhuri, choso, saroli, langaro), lemons, olives, dates, bananas and many more. Cattle, sheep, buffalo, and goats are the main animals kept. The concentration of large-scale manufacturing in Karachi has helped make Sind one of Pakistan’s most industrialized areas. The province is a major focus of cotton processing and textile production. The production of cement, fertilizers, vegetable oils, sugar, cars, pharmaceuticals, and petroleum products is also important. |
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