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The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South Asia. The 3,180 km river rises in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan regions of Kashmir

Indus River Length: 3,180 km

Indus River Mouths: Arabian Sea, Rann of Kutch, Nalsarovar bird sanctuary

Indus River Tributaries: Sutlej River, Chenab River, Jhelum River, Ravi River,

Indus River Sources: Tibetan Plateau, Senge Zangbu, Gar River

Indus River 2nd source: Gar Tsangpo

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He is referred to as " The Father of History ".

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• The Sindh River is mentioned in the Rigveda, a collection of ancient Indian Vedic Sanskrit hymns.
• The Rigveda is one of the four sacred Vedic Sanskrit texts of Hinduism, and it is one of the oldest and most important texts of Hinduism.
• The Rigveda mentions the sapta-sindhavaḥ (Sanskrit: सप्तसिन्धवः), or seven rivers, along with other rivers.

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The Indus River starts in Tibet

The river Indus originates from the Mansarovar lake

The Indus River flows through India, Pakistan,

The Indus River finally falls into the Arabian Sea near Karachi.

River Indus starts making a delta near the city of Thatta

The old name of the Indus river was: Sindhu

National River of Pakistan: Indus River

6 Barrages constructed in Indus River

Indus River Length: 3,180 km

Indus River 2nd source: Gar Tsangpo

The upper Indus plain ends at Mithankot 

The upper Indus plain starts from Kalabagh

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Farouk I was the tenth ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan, succeeding his father, Fuad I, in 1936.

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Home to the famed Hanging Gardens, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Babylon was believed by Mesopotamians to be founded by the god Marduk.

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The Sumerian Civilization, emerging around 4500 BCE in Mesopotamia.

It is regarded as the oldest known civilization.

It featuring early developments in writing, urbanization, and governance.

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The Great Pyramid of Giza, the largest and oldest pyramid are the only ancient wonders

The Great Pyramid of Giza located Necropolis in Egypt

it was constructed  between 2584 to 2561 BC

it is the Massive tombs of Egyptian pharaohs

the seven traditional wonders are:

1. the Great Pyramid of Giza: Giza Necropolis, Egypt
2. the Colossus of Rhodes located in Rhodes
3. Greecethe Lighthouse of Alexandria located in Alexandria, Egypt
4. the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus located Bodrum, Turkey
5. the Temple of Artemis located Near Selçuk, Turkey
6. the Statue of Zeus at Olympia located Olympia, Greece
7. the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is located in Hillah or Nineveh, Iraq 

while

The Taj Mahal is the Sixth Wonder of the World.

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Tarsus, city, south-central Turkey.

It is located on the Tarsus River, near Mediterranean Sea coast

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Troy is an ancient city and archaeological site in modern-day Turkey.

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