Kaushalya river

Kaushalya River

Kaushalya dam near Pinjore
Native name कौशल्या नदी
Country India
Basin
Main source Shivalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh
River mouth Panchkula district, Haryana
Physical characteristics
Discharge


Features
Waterbodies Kaushalya Dam
Bridges Kaushalya bridge

The Kaushalya river (Hindi: कौशल्या नदी), a tributary of Ghaggar river, is a river in Panchkula district of Haryana state of India.[1][2]

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:

"Linguistic, archaeological, and historical data show that the Sarasvati of the Vedas is the modern Ghaggar or Hakra."[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Hillsofmorni.com - Kaushalya dam
  2. 1 2 Dailymail - Scam worth Rs-217 crore failed Kaushalya Dam says CAG
  3. ↑ HaryanaOnline - Geography of Haryana
  4. ↑ Possehl, Gregory L. (December 1997), "The Transformation of the Indus Civilization", Journal of World Prehistory, 11 (4): 425–472, doi:10.1007/bf02220556, JSTOR 25801118
  5. ↑ Kenoyer, J. M. (1997), "Early City-states in South Asia: Comparing the Harappan Phase and the Early Historic Period", in D. L. Nichols; T. H. Charlton, The Archaeology of City States: Cross Cultural Approaches, Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 52–70, ISBN 1560987227
  6. ↑ Allchin, Bridget; Allchin, Raymond (1982), The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan, Cambridge University Press, p. 160, ISBN 978-0-521-28550-6
  7. ↑ Erdosy 1995, pp. 105, 318.
  8. ↑ Erdosy 1995, p. 44.
  9. ↑ Erdosy 1995, p. 266.
  10. ↑ McIntosh, Jane (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-907-2.
  11. 1 2 Gregory L. Possehl (2002). The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective. Rowman Altamira. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7591-0172-2.
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