Indus

['indəs]

Definition

(noun.) an Asian river that rises in Tibet and flows through northern India and then southwest through Kashmir and Pakistan to the Arabian Sea; 'the valley of the Indus was the site of an early civilization'.

(noun.) a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana.

Typist: Natalie--From WordNet

Examples

Of old navies used to stem the giant ocean-waves betwixt Indus and the Pole for slight articles of luxury. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
For a time the whole world, from the Adriatic to the Indus, was under one ruler; so far he had realized the dreams of Isocrates and Philip his father. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
He built a fleet and descended to the mouth of the Indus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
He established himself in Samarkand, and spread his authority over Kipchak (Turkestan to South Russia), Siberia, and southward as far as the Indus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
His own soldiers, his own intimates, thought the latter, and at last stayed his career beyond the Indus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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