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    refers to a number of rivers located in the northwestern Indian subcontinent, from Gandhara to Kurukshetra. Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged...
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    and heavenly after-life." Rigvedic and later Vedic texts have been used to propose identification with present-day rivers, or ancient riverbeds. The...
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    Rigveda (redirect from Rigvedic)
    composed in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent (see Rigvedic rivers), most likely between c. 1500 and 1000 BCE, although a wider approximation...
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  • important source for the geography of late Rigvedic society. The Sarasvati River is one of the chief Rigvedic rivers. The Nadistuti sukta in the Rigveda mentions...
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    of the Himalayas HMS Indus Indus Waters Treaty List of rivers of Pakistan Rigvedic rivers Rivers of Jammu and Kashmir Sindhology Hindush Number of Indus...
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    system of monsoon-fed rivers terminating in the Thar Desert. The Indus Valley Civilisation prospered when the monsoons that fed the rivers diminished around...
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    Yamuna (redirect from Jumna River)
    Do-Ab, literally meaning 'two rivers', or land between two rivers". At the Three Rivers TIME, 23 February 1948. "State of River Yamuna". Archived from the...
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    April 2022 "Map of the Bhagirathi River showing dams" (PDF). Dams, Rivers & People. South Asian Network on Dams Rivers & People(sandrp.in). August 2008...
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    Ganges (redirect from Ganges river)
    2016, Ganges River (India and Bangladesh); UF (use for) Gangā River (India and Bangladesh); BT (broader term) Rivers—Bangladesh, Rivers—India; NT (narrower...
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  • Rigvedic deities are deities mentioned in the sacred texts of Rigveda, the principal text of the historical Vedic religion of the Vedic period (1500–500...
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    In Hinduism, rivers are often personified as deities. In the Rigveda, there are mentions of holy rivers such as the Sarasvati. The river Ganges is considered...
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  • hi]). He appears as a human-like serpent blocking the course of the Rigvedic rivers, and is slain by Indra with his newly forged vajra. Vritra literally...
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    City, 2005 Rivers of Jammu and Kashmir List of rivers of Pakistan Beas River Indus River Kalnai River Ravi River Satluj River Chenab River Urdu pronunciation:...
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    71.817 The Ravi River (/ˈrɑːvi/) is a transboundary river crossing northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is one of five rivers associated with the...
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    Sutlej (redirect from Satluj River)
    The Sutlej River (/ˈsʌtlədʒ/) is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan...
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    The Chenab River is a major river that flows in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of...
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    Ganga (goddess) (category Rigvedic rivers)
    lists the rivers from east to west. In RV 6.45.31, the word Ganga is also mentioned, but it is not clear if the reference is to the river. RVRV 3.58...
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    2020 drowning of Afghan refugees in the Hari River Badhyz State Nature Reserve Kushk River Rigvedic rivers Everett-Heath, John (2019-10-24). The Concise...
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    diverts the river through a system of tunnels and channels to the 990 MW Dehar Power Station on the Sutlej River, connecting both rivers. The Shahnehar...
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    north side of the Kabul river A dam on the river Kabul River at Behsood Bridge, Jalalabad List of rivers of Afghanistan List of rivers of Pakistan Wilde, A...
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    located on the banks of sacred waters, such as sacred rivers or their tributaries (among the rigvedic rivers of sapta sindhu the trio ganges-yamuna-saraswati...
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    Tehri Dam (category Rigvedic rivers)
    is a multi-purpose rock and earth-fill embankment dam on the Bhagirathi River in New Tehri, Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand, India. With a height...
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    many ancient Buddhist sites scattered throughout the river's valley Rigvedic rivers Swat, Pakistan Barikot Book: Hidden Treasures of Swat, ISBN 978-969-23042-0-7...
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    Hydronym (redirect from Names of rivers)
    hydronyms apply even to the smaller streams. Old European hydronymy Rigvedic rivers List of river name etymologies Room 1996, p. 48, 51, 56, 71, 79, 84. Room...
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  • assumed eastward expansion from Gandhara) and his identification of some Rigvedic rivers, claims this Mandala as the oldest of the family books. The dedication...
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    remains one of India's most pristine rivers.[citation needed] Rigvedic rivers Peninsular River System Of India List of rivers in India Hussain, Syed; Sharma...
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  • mountains and rivers as sacred. Among the most sacred rivers in Hinduism are the Ganges, Yamuna, Sarasvati rivers on which the rigvedic rivers flourished...
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    Gilgit is the westernmost tributary of the Indus River. Geology of the Himalayas Rigvedic rivers Zeitler, Peter K.; Koons, Peter O.; Bishop, Michael...
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  • Seven Rivers may refer to: Rigvedic rivers, in the northwestern Indian subcontinent Seven Rivers, New Mexico, United States Seven Rivers Warriors Seven...
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    of rivers of Rajasthan List of rivers of India List of dams and reservoirs in India Books: Page 41, 42, 43, 44, 47 (b) Sahibi Nadi (River), River Pollution...
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