Convoy of Indian Army trucks from Ashok Leyland (also Shaktiman ?) ply along the Indus river on the Leh-Budhkarbu route.

India gets its name from the Indus river! A convoy of Indian Army Shaktiman / Ashok Leyland Stallion trucks in operation in Jammu and Kashmir, India, along the Indus river and the arid, dry lunar landscape of Ladakh. Also, crossing a suspension army bailley bridge across the Indus river

The Indus River is a major river which flows through the full length of Pakistan. Originating in the Tibetan plateau in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir, India and then enters Northern Areas (Gilgit-Baltistan), flowing through the North in a southerly direction along the entire length of Pakistan, to merge into the Arabian Sea near the port city of Karachi in Sindh. The total length of the river is 3,180 kilometers (1,976 miles) and it is Pakistan's longest river.

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