Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River

Empires of the Indus: The Story of a RiverOne of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god, used as a tool of imperial expansion, and today is the cement of Pakistan s fractious union. Alice Albinia follows the river upstream, through two thousand miles of geography and back to a time five thousand years ago when a string of sophisticated cities grew on its banks.

One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god, used as a tool of imperial expansion, and today is the cement of Pakistan s fractious union. Alice Albinia follows the river upstream, through two thousand miles of geography and back to a time five thousand years ago when a string of sophisticated cities grew on its banks. This turbulent history, entwined with a superlative travel narrative (The Guardian) leads us from the ruins of elaborate metropolises, to the bitter divisions of today. Like Rory Stewart s The Places In Between, Empires of the Indus is an engrossing personal journey and a deeply moving portrait of a river and its people."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/01/2010
ISBN: 9780393338607
Pages: 366
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.60w x 0.97d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2011 pg. 38