Sukkur is the central city of Sindh province in Pakistan. Sindh (Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. ...
It is located on the west bank of the Indus River and has a small but busy central bazaar in the city which attracts people from all over the province. The city is the starting point for all the archeological sites in Sindh. The Indus (Daria-e-Sindh) (known as Sindhu to Indians and in Sanskrit, as Sinthos in Greek, and Sindus in Latin) is the principal river of Pakistan. ... A bazaar is a market, often covered, typically found in areas of Muslim culture. ... An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic), and which has been investigated using the discipline of archaeology. ...
Sindh is bounded by the Thar Desert to the east, the Kirthar Mountains to the west, and the Arabian Sea in the south.
Sindh lies between the two monsoons - the southwest monsoon from the Indian Ocean and the northeast or retreating monsoon, deflected towards it by Himalayan mountains — and escapes the influence of both.
Sindh was conquered by the Persian Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BCE, and became part of the Persian satrapy (province) of Hindush centered in the Punjab to the north.
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