HISTORY OF SINDH

 History Of Sindh

   (PART 01)

Origin Of The Name 

The province of Sindh has been designated after the river Indus (Sindh). Which literally means created it and has been also its sole means of sustenance. However, The importance of the river and close phonetical resemblance in nomenclature would make one consider Sindhu as the probable Origin of the name of Sindh. Later Phonetical changes transformed Sindhu into Hindu in Pahlavi and into Hoddu  in Hebrew. The Greeks (Who Conquered Sindh in 125 BC under the command of the Alexander the Great) Rendered it in to Indos, hence modern Indus.

Pre-Historic Period 

The Indus valley civilization is the farthest visible out post of archology in the abyss of prehistoric time. The areas constituting Pakistan have had a historical individuality of their own and Sindh is the most important among such areas. The prehistoric site of Kot Diji in Sindh has furnished information of high significance for the re construction of a connected story which pushes back the history of Pakistan by at least another 300 years, from about 2500 B.C. Evidence of a new element of free- Harrapan culture has been traced here. When the primitive village communities in Baluchistan were still struggling against a difficult highland environment, a highly cultured people were trying to assert themselves at Kot Diji one of the most developed Urban civilizations of the ancient world that flourished between the year 25,00 BC and 15,00 BC in the Indus valley sites of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa. The people were endowed with a high standard of art and craftsmanship and well-developed of Quasi-pictographic writing which despite ceaseless efforts still remains un-deciphered. The remarkable ruins of the beautiful, planned Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa towns, the brick building of the common people, roads, public baths and the converted drainage system envisage the life of the community living happily in a organize manner.