Indus
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industrial.
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industry.
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Etymology
Origin of Indus
< New Latin, Latin
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The Dancing Girl sculpture, which was discovered at Mohenjo-daro - one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation - depicts a girl adorned with ornaments with her hair tied in a bun.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Previously, the first known dice dated back to the Bronze Age about 5,500 years ago, in such places as Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley of Asia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Within days of the attack, India revoked the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, while Pakistan responded by withdrawing from the 1972 Simla Agreement on bilateral dispute resolution.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
After 4,500 years ago, settlement patterns changed, with populations moving closer to the Indus River.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2025
Thus, Eurasia’s west-east axis allowed Fertile Crescent crops quickly to launch agriculture over the band of temperate latitudes from Ireland to the Indus Valley, and to enrich the agriculture that arose independently in eastern Asia.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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The planet, known as Epsilon Indi Ab, is similar to Jupiter, yet its atmosphere appears more complex than expected.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
Named Epsilon Indi, the star is the smallest and coolest dwarf star yet observed with solar-like oscillations -- "starquakes" like those shown by the Sun.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2024
Indi had mitochondrial disease which prevents cells in the body producing energy and the NHS says the condition is incurable.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
Christian Concern said Indi Gregory died in a hospice on Monday morning after her life support was withdrawn on Sunday.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
He gave much thought to the Indi, and was curious about their affairs.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster by Foster, Herbert Baldwin
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