Sindhu was a kingdom of India mentioned in the epic
Mahabharata and in the
Harivamsa Purana. It stretched along the banks of river
Sindhu (
Indus) in the ancient era in modern
Pakistan. It is believed that Sindhu kingdom was founded by Vrsadarbh, one of sons of Sivi. According to the
Glimpses of Ancient Sindh, authored by Mirchandani, its capital was known as Vrsadarbhpura, and Tulsianis, later known as Sindhu, was located at or near the location of the present town of
Mithankot (in southern
Punjab). The inhabitants of the kingdoms were called Sindhus or Saindhavas. "Sindhu" literally means "sea". According to the epic
Mahabharata,
Jayadratha (the husband of
Duryodhana's sister) was the king of Sindhus, Sauviras and
Sivis. Probably Sauvira and Sivi were two kingdoms close to the Sindhu kingdom and Jayadratha conquered them, holding them for some period of time. Sindhu and Sauvira seem to have been two warring states fighting each other.