The Chautang is a seasonal river, originating in the

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, in the Indian state of

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. The Chautang River is a tributary of the Sarsuti river which in turn is a tributary of the Ghaggar river.AmbalaOnline - Rrvers of Ambala
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The Chautang river is a seasonal river in the state of

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. It is theorized by some to be a remnant of the ancient river Drishadvati. It joins the

Ghaggar-Hakra River The Ghaggar-Hakra River is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. The river is known as Ghaggar in India, before the Ottu barrage, and as the Hakra in Pakistan, downstream of the barrage, ending ...

east of

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. According to McIntosh, this river was one of the main contributors to this river system until the

Yamuna The Yamuna ( Hindustani: ), also spelt Jumna, is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of B ...

changed its course. However, according to Giosan, the Chautang is a rain-fed river, and the Yamuna changed its course towards east some 50,000 to 10,000 years ago, and didn't pour any water into it for the last 10,000 years. Hansi Branch of Western Yamuna Canal is palaeochannel of this river. Firuz Tughluq( A.D. 1351-1388) didn't do what his predecessors had done. He reduced land revenue, exempted the peasants of several taxes and providing them many facilities. He took out a canal from the Yamuna which entered the district at Anta (tahsil

Safidon Safidon is a city and a municipal committee in Jind district in the Indian state of Haryana. History The area was first occupied by a Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic agricultural, whose pottery has been recovered from a number of places near Safidon ...

) and thence flowing through the present

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District from east to west in the line of the old Chautang river passing the town of

Dhatrath Dhatrath is a village in Safidon, Jind district at Haryana, India. It belongs to Hisar Division . It is located 16 km (towards east) from Jind and about 180 km from state capital Chandigarh. Pin code is 126110. Dhatrath is a very old v ...

and Jind and reached Hisar. This branch was built in the paleochannel of seasonal Chautang river which is a relict of Drishadvati river flowing from Kaithal to Hisar district, passing through the towns of Jind, Hansi, Hisar, largest Indus Valley civilization site of

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and ancient Agroha Mound. Drishadvati river itself was a tributary of the Ghaggar-Hakra River. Jind Hansi Branch Canal (Old Chautang)

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Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization and Sarasvati River
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