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Sindh (Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Neighbouring regions are Balochistan to the west and north, Punjab in the north and Rajasthan (India) to the east. To the south are the Arabian Sea and the Rann of Kutch.
Sindh is the third largest province geographically. Its size is about 579 km north-south and 442 km (extreme) or 281 km (average) east-west, with an area of 140,915 kmē The population was about 28 million in 1994, with about half urban. Its capital is Karachi. Other towns and cities include Hyderabad, Sukkur, Mirpurkhas, Tando Adam, Tando Allahyar, Nawabshah, Larkana, Shikarpur, Khairpur, Badin. Languages spoken include Sindhi, Landa, Urdu and Rajasthani.
The province contains the southern part of the Indus River valley. In the east is the Thar Desert of India.
The main crops are cotton, rice, wheat and sugar cane, with rice the most important. Other crops include banana and mango.
History
Historically Sindh is a very rich region it was here where first urban civilization lived in 3000 BC at Moen Jo Daro before that also there were many small village cultures which go back to 7000BC
Durinf the Indus civilization times It was a true urban civilization with Planned cities drainage system and moreover binary syatem of weights and a system of tax collection.
In 1700BC Aryans came to this part of the world and it was known that beyond Sindh in east was "Deserta inconeta" Unknown desert.
then came Alexander the great in 325BC and conqurered several cities and went from here towards the west hence even Alexander didnt go beyont Sindh in the east.
In 275 BC Mouria King Ashoka became buddhist having his capital at taxila Near Islamabad. Sindh too was converted to buddhist.
in 60AD Kashans came and the contry became prosprous and rich in agriculture later in 6th century AD White huns came and the country was divded into several pieces.
In 711 Muslims enterred India via Sindh and conquered the city of daible.
The 600s saw the end of a period of sporadic Buddhist rule in the Sindh. Islamic rule was introduced in the early 8th century when Muhammad bin Qasim took the Sindh from its Hindu rulers.
In 1842-1843 British forces under General Charles Napier conquered Sindh. It is said that he sent back to the Governor General a one-word message, "Peccavi" – Latin for "I have sinned". In actual fact, this pun first appeared as a cartoon in Punch magazine. The first Aga Khan helped the British in the conquest of Sindh and was granted a pension as a result.
The province was incorporated into Pakistan in 1947.
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