Rigvedic rivers
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The Rigveda refers to a number of rivers located in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, from Gandhara to Kurukshetra.
Rivers mentioned in Rigveda
Vedic and present-day Ghaggar-Hakra river-course, with Aryavarta/Kuru kingdom, and pre-Harappan Hakra/Shutudri-Yamuna paleochannels as proposed by Clift et al. (2012) and Khonde et al. (2017). 1 = ancient river 2 = today's river 3 = today's Thar desert 4 = ancient shore 5 = today's shore 6 = today's town 7 = dried-up Harappan Hakra course, and pre-Harappan Sutlej paleochannels (Clift et al. (2012)).
Indus River
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The Indus is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The 3,180 km river rises in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China where it is known as Sengge Zangbo, f
Rigvedic rivers
…Indus: Síndhu – Identified with Indus. The central lifeline of Rigveda. Northwestern Rivers…
The Indus Gorge is formed as the Indus River bends around the Nanga Parbat massif, shown towering behind, defining the western anchor of the Himalayan mountain range.
Course and major tributaries of the Indus
The course of the Indus in the disputed Kashmir region; the river flows through Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan, administered respectively by India and Pakistan
The major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization c. 2600–1900 BC in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan