Prehistory and Protohistory in India and Pakistan c4.s3: 1. Sind and Panjab

c4.s3.1

The Indus basin which drains central Himalayas is framed by the Aravallis and the desert of Rajputana in the east and the Sulaiman and Kirthar ranges on the north-west and west respectively. It is further divided by the junction of the hills from the west and the desert in the east into Lower Indus (Sind) and Upper Indus (Panjab) basins. The latter includes (i) the sub-montane Indus region comprising the Peshawar and other plains, the Potwar plateau and the Salt-Range. (ii) The two Panjabs.