Sindh - The Province of Pakistan

SINDH

(PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN)

Sindh is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran".The name of Sindh is derived from the word Sindhu: the Indus River that passes through almost middle of the entire province. This river was known to the ancient Iranians  in Avestan as Hindu, in Sanskrit as Sindhu, to Assyrians (as early as the seventh century BC) as Sinda, to the Persians as Ab-e-sind, to the Greeks as Indus, to the Romans as Indus, to the Pashtuns as Abasind, to the Arabs as Al-Sind to the Chinese as Sintow, and to the Javandis as Santari.
Sindh is bounded to the west by Balochistan, to the north by Punjab, the east by the Indian states of Gujarat  and Rajasthan and to the south by the Arabian Sea. The capital and largest city of the province is Karachi, also Pakistan's largest city and country's only financial hub. Most of the population in the province is Muslim, with sizable Hindu, Christian ], Parsi and Sikh minorities.