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  Verinag.com - Verinag
One of the largest springs in India, Verinag, which lies in the Kothar district, is 78 km south-east of Srinagar (via Anantnag), and is easily accessible through a by pass from the Jammu – Srinagar high way.
Recently, after 18 years, Kashmiri Pandits celebrated the birth of the river Jhelum (Vitasta) in Verinag.
The birth of the river is celebrated annually with a fair.
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  Jhelum
The Jhelum district is one of the districts of the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Located in the north of the Punjab province, Jhelum district is bordered by Sargodha to its south, Gujrat and the Jhelum River to its south and east, Chakwal to its west, Mirpur to its east, and Rawalpindi to its north.
Jhelum is a town in the North of the Punjab Province in Pakistan.
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  Jhelum River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is a tributary of the Indus River.
The river Jhelum was called Vitasta by the ancient Indians in Vedic period and Hydaspes by the ancient Greeks.
The river was regarded as a god by the ancient Greeks, as were most mountains and streams; the poet Nonnus in the Dionysiaca (section 26, line 350) makes the Hydaspes a titan-descended god, the son of the sea-god Thaumas and the cloud-goddess Elektra.
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It is a tributary of the Indus River.
The river Jhelum was called Vitasta by the ancient Indians in the Vedic period and Hydaspes by the ancient Greeks.
The river Jhelum rises rises from a spring at Verinag situated at the foot of the Pir Panjal in the south-eastern part of the valley of Kashmir.
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 Jhelum River, Jhelum River in Srinagar, Srinagar Kashmir Jhelum River, Kashmir Tours, Jammu Kashmir Tourism
The Jhelum flows from Verinag, 80-km south of Srinagar, to the Wular Lake in the north.
The river draws water from the lakes around the city and many canals and rivers meander through the city area.
On the left bank of the river, between these two bridges is the royal palace where the previous maharaja used to live.
www.indiantravelportal.com /jammu-kashmir/rivers/jhelum-river.html   (699 words)

  
 Jhelum River Summary
In 1901 the Jhelum canal colony was established, with the intention of irrigating 457,000 hectares, and it quickly brought prosperity to the settler-farmers.
It is a tributary of the Indus River.
The river was regarded as a god by the ancient Greeks, as were most mountains and streams; the poet Nonnus in the Dionysiaca (section 26, line 350) makes the Hydaspes a titan-descended god, the son of the sea-god Thaumas and the cloud-goddess Elektra.
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 Jhelum, river, India and Pakistan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Rising in Jammu and Kashmir, India, it flows W through the Vale of Kashmir, S through Pakistan-occupied foothills, then SW across Punjab to the Chenab River.
The Lower Jhelum Canal (opened 1901) and the Upper Jhelum Canal (1915) irrigate extensive areas of Pakistani Punjab.
The Mangla Dam and Reservoir (1960) has greatly improved irrigation along the river’s lower course, as well as supplying extensive hydroelectric power.
www.bartleby.com /65/jh/Jhelum-r.html   (145 words)

  
 Debris Dumping From Quake-Shattered City Fouls River Jhelum
The river is also a vital source for agriculture and livestock, so the polluted water is entering the food chain, and will ultimately expose people to the toxic chemicals.
Its holding capacity is already in the decline due to sedimentation caused by the unchecked dumping of solid waste, even by the government agencies, in the River Jhelum upstream.
But if dumping of solid waste in the River Jhelum is not controlled, the purpose of the Mangla dam raising project would fail.
www.ens-newswire.com /ens/jan2006/2006-01-26-02.asp   (798 words)

  
 Alexander The Great's Battle at the River Jhelum
This battle is commonly known as the Battle of the Jhelum because it was fought in the area surrounding the river Jhelum.
One problem that Alexander had to face in the Battle of the Jhelum was the monsoon.
The monsoons flooded the river, which made it impossible for the horses to swim across; and as Hamilton points out, "He [Alexander] was well aware that the horses would not remain on the rafts once they scented the elephants" (112).
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 Regional Maps
It is this river too that passes through Srinagar and (in a manner of speaking) through the Wular Lake itself on its passage westward.
Starting from Srinagar and heading westward along the Jhelum River to Uri, one could opt for the Poonch detour by proceeding south for about 20 miles through the Bitarh valley toward the 8500' Haji Pir pass.
Following the river upstream north, one again reaches the vicinity of Muzaffarabad at Domel and on as before.
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 Protection of the Indus River System for the Survival of Tens of Millions of Sindhis Petition
The fertile basin of the Indus River was an important center of ancient civilization.
The people of Sindh believe that although there is less water in the Indus River System this year, due to the shortfall of rain and snow, the current water crisis is deliberately aggravated by the Punjab-led federal government to flmail the people of Sindh to agree on the construction of the oft-rejected Kalabagh Dam.
The Protection of the Indus River System for the Survival of Tens of Millions of Sindhis Petition to Kofi Annan, Secretary-General, United Nations Organization was created by and written by Masood Ahmed.
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 Jhelum
Jhelum or Jehlum (Urdu: جہلم) is a city in northern Punjab Province in Pakistan.
Jhelum, is the site of the famous battle,Battle of the Hydaspes) between the armies of Alexander the Great and Raja Porus, which was thought to have taken place a few miles downstream from the city centre, along the river banks.
The district of Jhelum stretches from the river Jhelum almost to the Indus.
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 Srinagar,Kashmir Srinagar,Srinagar Travel,Srinagar Tours,Travelling in Srinagar,Hill Stations of Srinagar,Srinagar Tour ...
King Ananta was the first to transfer his royal residence to the left bank of the river.
The River Jhelum also flows through a part of the city.
Most houseboats on the Nagin and the Jhelum are situated on the banks of the lake, and can be accessed directly from land without the help of a Shikara.
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 Rivers In India,Major Rivers in India,Indian Holy Rivers,River Adventure in India
Rippling along rough surfaces and the beautiful meadows, the numerous rivers that dot Indian mainland are central to our history as well as to Indian mythology.
The main rivers of the Himalayas group are the Indus, the legendary Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
These rivers are both snow-fed and rain-fed and therefore perennially flow throughout the year.
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 Livius Picture Archive: Hydaspes (Jhelum) - Pakistan
There were heavy rains -the monsoon seems to have started early- and the river Jhelum, already wide in May because of the melting waters of the Himalayas, became very wide.
Another element of surprise was that the Macedonian officer Coenus had brought the ships (which had been used to cross the Indus) all the way to the Jhelum.
Porus was unable to prevent the Macedonians from crossing, and Alexander proceeded along the river, downstream, towards Porus' army.
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 Jhelum River
The Jhelum River is the largest and most western of the five rivers of the Punjab province of Pakistan, and passes through Jhelum City.
It is a tributary of the Indus River.
The river rises from north-eastern Jammu and Kashmir and is fed by glaciers, and then passes through the Srinagar district.
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 Himalayan River,Rivers in Himalaya Mountains,Rivers of Himalayas,Jhelum River in Himalaya   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Himalayan River,Rivers in Himalaya Mountains,Rivers of Himalayas,Jhelum River in Himalaya
River Chenab is sometimes called the Chandra Bhaga because it is composed of two streams rise close to the Baralacha Pass and, by flowing in opposite directions, put a girdle around a vast tract of Lahaul till, at Tandi, they unite to form a master stream of great size and volume.
The Jhelum flows from the spring known as Verinag, 80-km south of Srinagar.
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 Himalayas Rivers,Himalayan Rivers,River in Himalaya,Rivers in Himalayan Mountain Range,Himalayas River   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The main rivers of the Himalayas group are the Indus, the legendary Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
Chandra River is one of the two rivers; the other one is Bhaga, which merges to form the Chenab in the Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh.
The holiest of all the rivers, Ganga or the Ganges is a perennial river, which is held in high regard by the Hindus.
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 Architecture Of The Jhelum Waterfront-Srinagar: Images And Impressions
The river Jhelum flowed in a serpentlike manner and was to become the main spine along which the city grew southwards on the right bank.
In the traditional pattern, the river’s edge is defined by the buildings standing on retaining walls rising out of the water, and the street which is parallel to the river runs behind the buildings, with narrow crosslanes perpendicular to the river, and descending in a series of steps to the level of the water.
A study of the clusters clearly indicates that the river Jhelum was dotted with temples at close proximity to one another and the residential areas extended beyond into the mainland.
meaindia.nic.in /jk/him-cent-asian-arch.htm   (7171 words)

  
 Battle of the Hydaspes River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of the Hydaspes River was a battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against the Indian king Porus (Pururava or Purushotthama in Sanskrit) on the Hydaspes River (now the Jhelum) in Punjab.
The battle took place on the east bank of the Hydaspes River, (now called river Jhelum, a tributary of river Indus) near present day Lilla and Bhora, Pakistan.
There were 50 in Darius's army at the Battle of Gaugamela but they appeared not to have much impact on the battle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Hydaspes_River   (1321 words)

  
 Pakistan Water Gateway - Key Water Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Jhelum is a large eastern tributary of the Indus.
The Jhelum rises from the spring of Verinag, on the northwestern side of Pir Panjal and flows in a direction parallel to the Indus at an average elevation of 5,500 feet.
The barrage was to be constructed by India on the River Jhelum, below the Wular Lake near Sopore, 25 km north of Srinagar.
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 Fisheries in irrigation systems of arid Asia.
The fish production propensity of a river system along with its allied structures such as reservoirs and irrigation canals is governed by a set of environmental parameters, especially the water and soil quality which in turn are the function of the geoclimatic conditions under which it exists.
Rivers are under the provincial fisheries departments, and the barrages and irrigation canals are under the provincial irrigation departments, with fisheries in them being the responsibility of provincial fisheries departments.
River floodplains, with their diversity of lakes and other types of backwaters, can be more efficiently used for fish production that they are at present.
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 JHELUM, or JEHLAM - Online Information article about JHELUM, or JEHLAM
The river Jhelum is navigable throughout the district, which forms the south-eastern portion of a rugged Himalayan See also:
banks of the Jhelum, and is thickly dotted with prosperous villages.
Porus as within Jhelum district, although the exact point at which Alexander effected the passage of the Jhelum (or Hydaspes) is disputed.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /JEE_JUN/JHELUM_or_JEHLAM.html   (1096 words)

  
 The Hindu : Other States / Jammu & Kashmir News : Religious fervour marks this river's birthday
The `veth truvaha' is the birth date of river Vitasta, or Jhelum in Kashmir valley.
However, the exact date and the year of the commencement of the river's birthday celebrations are not known but it seems to have originated before Mahabharata war as the river finds a mention in the epic in which Lord Krishna refers to Vitasta, he said.
According to another historic text, Rajatarangini, the river Jhelum was daughter of Neela Nag or Neel Kund.
www.hindu.com /2005/09/16/stories/2005091611970300.htm   (598 words)

  
 Data integration for flood risk analysis by using GIS/RS as tools   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is situated at the confluence of River Neelum and Jhelum.
The study area is situated at the confluence of river Jhelum and Neelum.
The Neelum River, which was formerly known as Kishan Ganga has also its source in the occupied Kashmir and enter the district in Athmuqam tehsil and flows through Neelum valley.
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 Pollution of Jhelum goes unchecked by Govt
SRINAGAR, July 4 (SANA): Dal Lake and Jhelum river are the two examples how political uncertainty, official corruption and apathy, and public greed have created the mess in which the water bodies are found today.
Residents of some areas situated on the banks of Jhelum said that sanitation workers of hotels and restaurants dump the garbage on the banks or into the waters in the evening when there is no one around.
“The river Jehlum was a hub of foreign tourists and was known for its clear waters.
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 Azad Kashmir   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It is drained by three major rivers, the Jhelum, the Neelam and the Poonch whose valleys are very beautiful.
Situated at the confluence of the Jhelum and the Neelum rivers Muzaffarabad the capital of the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is at a distance of 86 miles from Rawalpindi and 49 miles from Abbottabad.
This ninety-mile long kingdom of vegetation is ripped apart by the indigo blue Neelum river which flows serpentine down hills to merge itself into the river Jhelum at Domail.
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 Tales of Kashmir by Somnath Dhar
The Jhelum is the largest and longest river of the sub-Alpine region of Asia's Switzerland.
The Jhelum is of as much historical interest as the Ganga, the Thames, the Tiber and the Rhine are to the countries wherein they flow.
The calm flow of the Jhelum did not bring peace to the zealot's heart of Sultan Sikandar, better known as Sikandar the Idol- breaker, who, abetted by a convert prime minister, ravaged and razed to the ground magnificent monasteries and massive stone temples, almost wiping out the glory that was Kashmir.
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 Geography of Kashmir
The Jhelum (Vyeth in Kashmiri, Vetesta in Sanskrit and Hydaspes in Greek) is the main waterway of the valley of Kashmir.
Srinagar town is situated on the either side of the river Jhelum.
The Dudhganga is another tributary of the Jhelum that flows from Ludurmarg and rises in the central Pir Panjal near Tata Kuti mountain.
www.koausa.org /Geography/ch1.5.html   (1105 words)

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