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		The synonym of sarasvatI (goddess of vAk = speech or language) is brAhmI which is the name given to the early scripts used in aSOka's epigraphs of circa 300 B.C. The sUkta 6.61 of the Rigveda is a dedication to sarasvatI river; sUkta 75 is the nadi sUkta dedicated to sindhu river.
		The trio: drshadvatI, Apaya and sarasvatI are extolled in Rk 3.23.4.
		The river Sarasat unites with the ocean to the east of Suminath.
	www.geocities.com /ravi_sans/indus_sarasvati.htm (8280 words)

	Sarasvati River: Maps and Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Popular tradition reminisces the 'disappearance' of the Sarasvati River 'underground'.The key phase which led to the desiccation, in the central Sarasvati River Basin, seems to be the progressive westward migration of Satadru (Sutlej) away from Shatrana, away from the Sarasvati River.
		Sarasvati River).Glaciology studies have established that the Vedic Sarasvati River had originated from Har-ki-dun glacier which is about 10 kms.
		This attests to the migration from the Sarasvati River Basin to South India, during the phases of desiccation of the Sarasvati River.
	www.hindunet.org /hindu_history/sarasvati/sarasvati_river/legacy.html (1271 words)

	On the Identity and Chronology of the Rigvedic River Sarasvati
		While the identification of the Sarasvati of the later texts with the present-day Ghaggar is retained, arguments are given in support of the identification of the original Sarasvati with the Helmand in south Afghanistan, having the original Yamuna and Ganga as its tributaries.
		Sarasvati was the foremost river the Rigvedic people were familiar with till they came eastwards to the Indus which was mightier than any river they had seen before.
		In its transition from the naditama to the Vinasana to a mythical river, the Sarasvati traces the stepwise history of the Indo-Aryan migrations from Afghanistan to the Ganga plain.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /ngier/306/contrasarav.htm (4286 words)

	Sarasvati River: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sarasvati River Basin is adorned with lotus ponds, peacocks are abundant in the basin; the lotus is a symbol associated with the images of
		It is the longest of the rivers in the Punjab of "Five Rivers".
		According to this agreement, the flow of the three western rivers of the Indus basin--the Indus, Jhelum, and Chenab (except a small quantity used in Kashmir)--is assigned to Pakistan, whereas the entire flow of the three eastern rivers--the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej--is reserved exclusively for India.
	www.hindunet.org /hindu_history/sarasvati/sarasvati_river/history.html (2692 words)

	ParallelsWSarasvatiR
		Sarasvati (Saraswati) was the name of a mighty river in India mentioned in Vedic texts (the river has since disappeared).
		The goddess Sarasvati is the deification of the river.
		In East and Southeast Asia, it is common for rivers along with their tributaries and branches to be referred to as multi-headed dragons, the number of heads depending on the number of tributaries/branches.
	homepage.mac.com /bartraj2/EnoshimaPt-3/ParallelsWSarasvatiR.html (2708 words)

	The riddle of a river
		As for the river whose origins are sought to be found at Adi Badri, Darshan Jain conceded that all that remained was a trickle from one of the rock formations.
		Bisht contends that the territory of the Rig Vedic Aryans was coterminous with that of the Harappans.
		Bisht argues that the Sarasvati died a clinical death and rejuvenating it is impossible; but in the same breath he underscores the Vedic importance of the river.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1916/19160970.htm (1935 words)

	Sarasvati Sindhu Civilisation - Dr.S.Kalyanaraman
		Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization flourished circa 3000 to 1700 BC on the river valleys of Indus and Sarasvati rivers.
		Sarasvati, chief and purest of rivers, flowing from the mountains to the ocean, understood the request of Nahusha and distributing riches among the many existing things, milked for him butter and water.
		RV 10.64.9 BaudhAyana's DharmasUtra (I,1,2,9) describes MadhyadEsa as lying to the east of the region where sarasvatI river disappears, to the west of the fl forest: kAlakavan, to the north of the pAripAtra mountain and to the south of the Himalayas.
	www.tamilnation.org /heritage/saraswathi.htm (9949 words)

	IMAGINING RIVER SARASVATI
		Indeed, "the ebb and flow of the ancient Sarasvati river determined the fate of the Harappan Civilization".
		The argument, therefore, is that the water in the "Sarasvati system" came from two sources: (1) much higher rainfall during a long `wet’ phase and (2) the attachment of both the Yamuna and the Sutlej as tributaries of the Sarasvati.
		Sarasvati in most of the references to it in the Rigveda is not a particular river, as in a few undoubted cases it is, but the river in the abstract, the River Goddess.
	members.tripod.com /ahsaligarh/river.htm (8990 words)

	Saraswati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Next, the river flowed southwest across the Punjab and Haryana regions along the course of the modern Ghaggar-Hakra River in a pathway roughly parallel to the smaller Indus River to its west.
		Some have postulated that the goddess Saraswati gained her role as personified communication and the giver of knowledge due to the role of the Sarasvati River in the development of written language in ancient India.
		In the post-Vedic age, She began to lose her status as a river goddess and became increasingly associated with literature, arts, music, etc. Her name literally means "the one who flows", which apparently was applied to thoughts, words, or the flow of a river (in Sanskrit: "dhaara-pravaah").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sarasvati (1557 words)

	Sarasvati River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The river course was dotted with lakes and ponds.
		Another river born in the Himalayas, (one of the sources of Vedic Saraswati) but flowing down in Assam is also called Saraswati.
		He concluded that a seasonal river could not create a bed so vast; thus Gaggar must be occupying the bed of an older river.
	www.geocities.com /narenp/history/info/river.htm (1036 words)

	Sarasvati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sarasvati is an identifiable in both Vedic and Puranic literature, being mentioned in the Rg Veda and other Vedic texts and later in the Ramayana and Puranic texts.
		She possibly originated as a Vedic river goddess (the actual river Sarasvati has now disappeared but she may also be linked to the Indus, etc.).
		In her Vedic capacity her waves are said to smash mountains and her voice is the roar of the torrent.
	www.themystica.com /mythical-folk/articles/sarasvati.html (283 words)

	History of India - Myth of Aryan Invasion - Facets of India : Ancient and Modern
		Indeed the Sarasvati as described in the Rig Veda as a green and fertile region appears to more accurately show the river as it was prior to the Harappan culture as in the Harappan era it was already in decline.
		The Sarasvati as a river is later replaced by the Ganges and is almost forgotten in Puranic literature.
		The Indus and Sarasvati regions to the sea, which were the center of Harappan culture, are also the same geographical region of Vedic culture, which proves their identity.
	www.tri-murti.com /ancientindia/aryan2.html (3090 words)

	Saraswati River Yoga
		From the moment I walk through the door and am greeted by the welcoming front desk staff to the classes led by the exceptional Founder and Director Kirin Mishra and teachers she has trained, I participate in the reality of a living yogic tradition."
		All classes at Saraswati River Yoga Center are based on the ancient teachings of Yoga.
		Founder and Director, Kirin Mishra, was born into a lineage of yogis from India and from an early age practiced meditation and pranayama.
	www.saraswatiriveryoga.com (268 words)

	Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization (c. 3000 B.C.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		the reference to vasatIvari waters in vedic hymns related to soma, an apparent reference to panned-gold from the SarasvatI river-bed.] It is notable that in 1992, Rafiq Mughal (Pakistan archaeological department) has discovered a site, Guneriwala, an industrial site on the dried-up river bed of the Sarasvati across the Rajasthan border).
		A synonym of sIrsa is sarsuti < sarasvatI; at this place, about 100 miles below Rassauli, a fortress was built.
		Defining the course of the ancient, `lost' Sarasvati river
	www.ucl.ac.uk /~ucgadkw/members/indus.html (9911 words)

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