Around 2500 B.C. the Harappan Civilization sprung up around this river in Pakistan & nothwestern India
[PAR] Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization flourished circa 3000 to 1700 BC on the river valleys 
... 12-30; A. Ghosh discovered 25 Harappan sites (Indian Archaeology--a ... 
beginning right from the Pakistan border (eastwards) up to midway between ... 
Banawali excavated by Bisht is 15 km.