Kaushalya river
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The Kaushalya river (Hindi: कौशल्या नदी), a tributary of Ghaggar river, is a river in Panchkula district of Haryana state of India.[1][2]
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Origin and route
The Kaushalya river rises in the Shivalik hills on the border of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh State, and flows through Panchkula district and confluences with Ghaggar river near Pinjore just downstream of Kaushalya Dam.[1][2]
The basin is classified in two parts, Khadir and Bangar, the higher area that is not flooded in rainy season is called Bangar and the lower flood-prone area is called Khadar.[3]
Identification with Vedic rivers
Several modern scholars identify the old Ghaggar-Hakra River as the Sarasvati river and the Chautang river with the Drishadvati river of Vedic period, on the banks of which Indus-Sarasvati civilisation developed. such scholars include Gregory Possehl,[4] J. M. Kenoyer,[5] Bridget and Raymond Allchin,[6] Michael Witzel,[7] Kenneth Kennedy,[8] Franklin Southworth,[9] and numerous Indian archaeologists.
Gregory Possehl and Jane McIntosh refer to the Ghaggar-Hakra river as "Sarasvati" throughout their respective 2002 and 2008 books on the Indus Civilisation.[10][11]
Gregory Possehl states:
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"Linguistic, archaeological, and historical data show that the Sarasvati of the Vedas is the modern Ghaggar or Hakra."[11]
Gallery
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Indus-Sarasvati civilisation major sites
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Ghaggar river flowing through Panchkula in Haryana
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Flock of Cormorants, Kaushalaya dam, Haryana, India.JPG
Flock of Cormorants at Kaushalya Dam
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Migratory birds at Kaushalya dam, near Pinjor, Haryana, India.JPG
Migratory birds at Kaushalya Dam, near Pinjore, Haryana (Dec. 2015)
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Migratory birds at Kaushalya dam, near Pinjor, Panchkula,Haryana, India.JPG
Migratory birds at Kaushalya Dam, near Pinjore, Panchkula district (Dec. 2015)
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Migratory birds at Kaushalya dam, , Haryana, India.JPG
Migratory birds at Kaushalya Dam (Dec. 2015)
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Water of Kaushlya Dam attracts local and migratory birds.JPG
Water of Kaushalya Dam attracts local and migratory birds (June 2015)
See also
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- Western Yamuna Canal, branches off Yamuna
- Dangri, a tributary of Sarsuti
- Tangri river, a tributary of Sarsuti, merge if Dangri and Tangri are same
- Markanda river, a tributary of Ghaggar-Hakra River
- Sarsuti, a tributary of Ghaggar-Hakra River
- Chautang, a tributary of Ghaggar-Hakra River
- Sutlej, a tributary of Indus
- Ganges
- Indus
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hillsofmorni.com - Kaushalya dam
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dailymail - Scam worth Rs-217 crore failed Kaushalya Dam says CAG
- ↑ HaryanaOnline - Geography of Haryana
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- ↑ Erdosy 1995, pp. 105, 318.
- ↑ Erdosy 1995, p. 44.
- ↑ Erdosy 1995, p. 266.
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External links
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- Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization and Sarasvati River
- The Saraswati: Where lies the mystery by Saswati Paik
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