[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1683 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1683 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1683 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1683](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1683) SINDHU. 1. The river Indus; also the country along that river and the people dwelling in it. From Sindhu came the Hind of the Arabs, the Hindoi or Indoi of the Greeks, and our India. 2. A river in Mālwa. There are others of the name. See Sapta-sindhava. - [Previous: c5.1682](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1682) - [Next: c5.1684](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1684) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1683](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1683) · Pramāṇa