Sarsuti

Sarsuti River

Ghaggar-Hakra Sarasvati rivers and tributaries
Native name सरसुती नदी
Country India
Basin
Main source Shivalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh
Physical characteristics
Discharge


Features
Tributaries

The Sarsuti river (Hindi: सरसुती नदी), originating in Siwalik Hills, is a tributary of Ghaggar river in of Haryana state of India.[1][2]

Origin and route

The Sarsuti is a small ephemeral stream that rises in the Siwalik Hills of south-eastern Himachal Pradesh in India.[3]

It flows south-east where it is joined by two other streams, the Markanda river and the Dangri, before joining the Ghaggar river near the village of Rasula.[3]

It is thereafter known as the Ghaggar. Further downstream on the banks of the Ghaggar stands an old derelict fort named Sarsuti.[3]

It is believed that Sarsuti is a corruption of the word Sarasvati and that the 6–8 km wide channel of the Sarsuti–Ghaggar system might have once been the Sarasvati River mentioned in the Rig Veda.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ AmbalaOnline - Rrvers of Ambala
  2. ↑ Indian Express - Ghaggar and Tangri rivers overflow
  3. 1 2 3 4 Valdiya, K.S. (2002). Saraswati : the river that disappeared. Hyderabad: Orient Longman. pp. 23–27. ISBN 9788173714030. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Danino, Michel (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 12. ISBN 9780143068648. Retrieved 4 May 2015. (Chapter 1, page 12)
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