Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River
of Alice Albinia
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âAlice Albinia is the most extraordinary traveler of her generation. . . . A journey of astonishing confidence and courage.ââRory Stewart One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. It has been worshipped as a god, used as a tool of imperial expansion, and today is the cement of Pakistanâs fractious union. Alice Albinia follows the river upstream, through two thousand miles of geography and back to a time five thousand years ago when a string of sophisticated cities grew on its banks. âThis turbulent history, entwined with a superlative travel narrativeâ (The Guardian) leads us from the ruins of elaborate metropolises, to the bitter divisions of today. Like Rory Stewartâs The Places In Between, Empires of the Indus is an engrossing personal journey and a deeply moving portrait of a river and its people. 18 illustrations
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 384 pages
- Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date April 5th 2010
- First Publication 11/11/08
- Language English
- ISBN 9780393338607
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
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