Indus was central to the building of Indus River Valley from growing crops to growing into a splendid civilization. The yearly floods from the Indus River helped the land to get fertile and then the people grew many crops like barley, wheat etc. From the river there were many canals forms to get the water to farther areas. In this way there was abundant food for everyone which caused people to concentrate on other activities as well as division of labor. From all these factors they got help to build a civilization.