Early historical kingdoms that arose in the Indus Valley include Gandh ra and Sindhu-Sauv ra. The Indus River came into the knowledge of the Western world early in the classical period ...

The treaty restricts India largely to setting up low-impact hydropower projects on the three rivers allocated to Pakistan.

India’s decision to put the agreement “in abeyance” — and the vague conditions it has imposed on Pakistan to reverse that — ...

India's suspension of the Indus Water Treaty as part of several punitive measures against Pakistan has hit hard the ...

Gulzar Bhat explores the potential benefits of resuming the Tulbul Barrage Project amid India's suspension of the Indus ...

The suspension of a water-sharing agreement in place for 65 years signals a new low in relations between the nations.

Today, the river is known as Sindhu to Indians or Darya-i-Sindh to Pakistanis. Indus Valley Civilisation The basis of labelling the Harappa Civilisation as the Indus Valley Civilisation is simple ...

This article is authored by Mahendranath Sudhindranath, senior research fellow, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras.

In response to the terror attack on tourists in J&K’s Pahalgam on April 22, the Indian government declared the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. Among Asia’s oldest rivers, the Indus is under ...

The treaty had survived three wars and other conflicts between the bitter rivals, while withstanding many twists and turns in ...