Another early focus of goldsmithing was the Indus basin.

Silver played an important role in the Harappan civilization of the Indus basin.

The partition of British India created a conflict over the plentiful waters of the Indus basin.

Furthermore, the geography of partition was such that the source rivers of the Indus basin were in India.

Muslim governments in the Indus basin readily extended the dhimmi status to the Hindus and Buddhists of India.

The Indus basin held a substantial Buddhist population in addition to the ruling Hindu castes, and most converted to Islam over the next two centuries.

In terms of environmental change, the same problems that characterise the Indus basin of Pakistan have ensued in the Nile Valley.

On the west the Ganges Basin borders the Indus basin and then the Aravalli ridge.

Historically, the Indus basin has been prosperous.

Indus basin of Pakistan, where recorded from a few disjunct areas: