The Krishnavati river, also called Kasaunti or Kasawati, is a rain-fed river originates from

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near Dariba copper mines in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan, and flows through Patan in

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and Mothooka in

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and then disappears in

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where it used to be a tributary of

Sahibi River The Sahibi river, also called the Sabi River, is an ephemeral, rain-fed river flowing through Rajasthan, Haryana (where its canalised portion is called the "Outfall Drain No 8") and Delhi states in India. It originates in the eastern slopes of t ...

, which in turn still is a tributary of

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.Sahibi river
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culture) have been found along the banks of Krishnavati, Sahibi river, Dohan river (another tributary of Sahibi river originates near Neem Ka Thana in Alwar district) and Sota River (another tributaries of Sahibi river that merges with Sahibi at Behror in Alwar district).Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume, Vijai Shankar Śrivastava, 1981
The drainage pattern for all these rivers is

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Basin

The western slopes of

Aravalli range The Aravalli Range (also spelled ''Aravali'') is a mountain range in North India, Northern-Western India, running approximately in a south-west direction, starting near Delhi, passing through southern Haryana and Rajasthan, and ending in Ahme ...

in Rajasthan and southern Haryana forms the basin of this river. The drainage pattern is

Tributaries

These west to north-west flowing rivers originate from the western slopes of

in Rajasthan, flow through semi-arid historical

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region, drain into southern Haryana. *

, originates near Manoharpur in Sikar district flows through Haryana, along with its following tributaries:Books: Page 41, 42, 43, 44, 47 (b) Sahibi Nadi (River), River Pollution, By A.k.jain
/ref> ** Dohan river, tributary of Sahibi river, originates near Neem Ka Thana in Alwar district). ** Sota River, tributary of Sahibi river, merges with Sahibi river at Behror in Alwar district. ** Krishnavati river, former tributary of Sahibi river, originates near Dariba copper mines in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan, flows through Patan in

and Mothooka in

, then disappears in

much before reaching Sahibi river.

Archaeological findings

Archaeological findings on the Sahibi River have confirmed habitations on its banks before the

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n and pre-

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periods. Both handmade and wheel-made earthenware dated from 3309–2709 BCE and 2879–2384 BCE has been found on the banks of the Sahibi River at Jodhpura. INTACH-Rewari found pottery on the Sahibi riverbed at Hansaka in the Rewari district. A red stone statue of

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Dev was found in the Sahibi riverbed near Bawal in 2002; the statue is now displayed at the Shri Krishna Museum,

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. Other artifacts discovered in the Sahibi River include arrowheads, fishhooks, appearheads, awls, and chisels.

Identification with Vedic rivers

Several modern scholars identify the old

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(of which Tangri river is a tributary) as the

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and the

with the Drishadvati river of

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, on the banks of which Indus–Sarasvati civilisation developed. such scholars include Bhargava"Location of Brahmavarta and Drishadwati River is important to find earliest alignment of Saraswati River", Sudhir Bhargava, International Conference, 20–22 Nov. 2009, "Saraswati-a perspective" pages 114–117,

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, Kurukshetra, Organised by: Saraswati Nadi Shodh Sansthan, Haryana. The Drishadwati River formed one border of the

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state of Brahmavarta and was mentioned in the ''

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'', the ''

Manusmriti The ''Manusmṛti'' (), also known as the ''Mānava-Dharmaśāstra'' or the Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many ' of Hinduism. Over fifty manuscripts of the ''Manusmriti'' are now known, but the earli ...

'', and the ''Brahmin Granths'' texts.

Gallery

IVC-major-sites-2.jpg, Indus–Sarasvati civilisation major sites Ghaggar river in Panchkula.jpg, Ghaggar river flowing through

Panchkula Panchkula (ISO: ''Paṁcakulā'') is a city and district headquarter in the Panchkula district in Haryana, India. It is a satellite town of the state capital Chandigarh. Panchkula is a border city with Punjab, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh ...

External links

Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization and Sarasvati River

References

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