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	Sarasvati River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sarasvati is mentioned both as the chief of the Sapta Sindhu, the seven holy rivers of the early Rigveda, and listed in the geographical list of ten rivers in the Nadistuti sukta of the late Rigveda, and it is the only river with hymns entirely dedicated to it, RV 6.61, 7.95 and 7.96.
		In the 1 and 10 of the Rigveda, the Sarasvati is mentioned in 13 hymns (1.3, 13, 89, 164; 10.17, 30, 64, 65, 66, 75, 110, 131, 141).
		According to the Mahabharata (3.81.115), Kurukshetra is south of the Sarasvati and north of the Drishadvati.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vedic_Sarasvati_River (3062 words)

	Saraswati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Next, the river flowed southwest across Punjab and Haryana 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 was 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 (1717 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)

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		Sarasvati symbolizes the "constant flow of wisdom" and is known as the "Goddess of Learning" and as the "Patroness of the Arts and Music." She is the source not only of all creativity and inspiration but also of all speech, language and wisdom.
		Sarasvati’s gleaming white body and garments express well her purity and transcendenceSarasvati is rarely described as having fearsome aspects and is usually portrayed as calm and peaceful.
		In the Rig Veda, Sarasvati is called Vagdevi (goddess of speech) and is described as the “impeller of true and sweet speech” and as the “awakener of happy and noble thoughts.” (6.61.9) Some of the other titles ascribed to her are Kavijihvagravasini (she who dwells on the tongues of poets), and Mahavani (possessing great speech).
	www.sacredwind.com /Mothers/Sarasvati.htm (2659 words)

	Recent Research on the Sarasvati River
		SHIMLA: Sarasvati Nadi Shodh Prakalp, Bangalore, director Dr S Kalyanaraman said on Friday that the search for the "mythical" Sarasvati river, which began about 16 years ago, had reached a stage where it could be said that the river was neither a myth nor a legend, but hard fact.
		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.
	www.stephen-knapp.com /recent_research_on_the_sarasvati_river.htm (4876 words)

	Celtic & Vedic Culture
		Danu in the Vedic myth is bondage and restraint and her son Vrtra is the constrictor.
		In the Vedic myth Danu is the mother of darkness, representative of the state of unmanifest being or She may be the mother of the forces of maya.
		However the Sarasvati river is thought to have dried up and it is from that time the Ganges has fulfilled her river role.
	www.geocities.com /indianpaganism/celticvedic.html (4356 words)

	Dr. S. Kalyanaraman's Blog : Discovery and Rebirth of River Sarasvati for a National Water Grid, Dr. S. Kalyanaraman ...
		A spectrum of multi-disciplinary evidences establishes that the Vedic River Sarasvati is ground-truth and that the heritage of the expansive civilization is a cultural continuum evidenced in Bharat.
		Sarasvati civilization was a maritime, riverine civilization and hence had an extensive reach and contact area extending from Ropar in Punjab up to the Tigris-Euphrates Doab of contemporary Mesopotamian civilization, traversing across the Persian Gulf, i.e., from Meluhha across Magan and Dilmun to Sumer and Ur.
		The rivers Sindhu and Sarasvati and the shallow waters of Sindhu sa_gara hugging the coastline constituted the highway of interactions in an emerging phase from Chalcolithic into the alloying stages of material culture.
	www.sulekha.com /blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=3659 (581 words)

	Sarasvati
		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.org /mythical-folk/articles/sarasvati.html (283 words)

	Sarasvati River
		The river course was dotted with lakes and ponds.
		It was on the waters of Saraswati that the vedic culture grew.
		Another river born in the Himalayas, (one of the sources of Vedic Saraswati) but flowing down in Assam is also called Saraswati.
	www.geocities.com /narenp/history/info/river.htm (1036 words)

	Sarasvati River: Maps and Images
		Pushkar; Rajasthan: Sarasvati River, Tributary of Luni River.
		Map: Ancient Sarasvati river draining beyond Rann of Kutch, through Little Rann and Nal Lake into Gulf of Khambat (Nal Lake expands, during monsoon, into Little Rann and into Gulf of Khambat, cutting off the peninsula of Saurashtra from, Ahmedabad (S.R.Rao, Lothal Report; Gazetteers).
		Satellite composite: The white patch in NW India is the semi-arid zone, which is the Sarasvati River Basin Project Area (Satellite image from European Space Agency).
	www.hindunet.org /hindu_history/sarasvati/sarasvati_river/images.html (517 words)

	Other Holy Rivers : Sarasvati River, Narmada River, Godavari River, Cauvery River
		Although the river does not have a physical existence today, there are numerous references to it in the ancient Indian literature of the Vedic period.
		The river Sarasvati originated from the Har-ki-Dun glacier near Yamunotri in West Garhwal It was considered as a mighty river in the ancient times.
		River Narmada is one of the most important sacred rivers flourishing mainly in Madhya Pradesh.
	www.pilgrimage-india.com /holy-rivers/other-holy-rivers.html (546 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sarasvati River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Sarasvati River is an ancient river that is mentioned in Hindu texts and one of the chief Rigvedic rivers.
		The distance between the Plaksa Prasravana (place of appearance of the river) and the Vinasana (place of disappearance of the river) is said to be 44 asvins (between several hundred and 1600 miles) (Tandya Br.
		The identification of the Vedic Sarasvati River with the Ghaggar-Hakra River was already accepted by Christian Lassen and Max Müller.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Vedic_Sarasvati_River (2724 words)

	RealMagick Article: The Basics of Vedic Mythology by Madhusudan Mishra
		The Vedic language forms a chain with the isolating, agglutinative and inflexional stages of the Indus language, as proved by the march of the clause ta na Sa of the isolating Indus to the vedic root tarS (to be thirsty).
		Many Vedic words being the names of deities or other beings,however, may be traced to the clause stage, as we have seen in case of ta'nas (child) from ta na Sa (from the womb gems come out).
		But the vedic words of the agglutinative origin or those compressed from the isolating stage may be representing the typical human beings of the society.
	realmagick.com /articles/59/1859.html (1371 words)

	The Rg-Veda in Afghanistan? A review of Rajesh Kochhar: The Vedic People
		Thus, in the famous River Hymn (RV 10:75), the rivers are enumerated from east to west, with the Saraswati coming after the Ganga and Yamuna and before the eastern tributaries of the Indus: here, like in the whole post-Rg-Vedic Sanskrit literature, the term "Saraswati" unmistakably refers to the Ghaggar/Hakra.
		To be sure, in later Vedic literature, instructions are given for choosing substitutes for the soma plant, which had gotten out of reach: but this migration from soma-rich to soma-less territory is not one from Afghanistan to Northwest India, but from Northwest India to the Ganga plain.
		When astro-chronological data are cited from Vedic literature, the invasionist defence invariably is that these must be "reminiscences", verses preserved from an earlier time and describing a stellar configuration of the dim past, not the one visible to the poets in question.
	koenraadelst.voiceofdharma.com /reviews/kochhar.html (5078 words)

	Saraswati River Yoga
		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.
		Kirin was schooled in Vedic and Tantric principles and her training in asana is attributed to personal experience and teachings from masters in India and America.
	www.saraswatiriveryoga.com (252 words)

	Harappan Horse: Polemics and Propaganda
		The Vedic horse is a native Indian breed and not the Central Asian horse.
		The case of the Vedic Sarasvati river (the modern Sarsuti-Ghagghar-Hakra) is complex and cannot be dealt with in detail (see, rather, EJVS 7-3, section 25).
		It must be pointed out, however, that the Rigvedic Sarasvati is a river on earth, a `river' in the sky (Milky Way), and a goddess, and as such Sarasvati is described in superlative terms, once as flowing `from the mountains to the sea' (samudra).
	www.archaeologyonline.net /artifacts/harappan-horse.html (5311 words)

	ipedia.com: Indus Valley Civilization Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is apropos that until 1998 the blind Ganges River Dolphin and Indus River Dolphin have been considered two different species, partly because of their apparently discrete distribution.
		The legendary Sarasvati River's historical existence was unknown until the late 20th century, when geologists used satellite photographs to trace its former course through the Indus Valley.
		According to comparative linguistics the Indo-Europeans who arrived in India were related to other peoples who migrated to the Middle East and Europe during the same period; all these peoples brought with them a patriarchal polytheistic religion related with Norse mythology and Greek mythology.
	www.ipedia.com /indus_valley_civilization.html (3091 words)

	The Myth of Aryan Invasion of India
		Vedic battles are mainly among the Vedic people who are divided into various kingdoms, large and small, much as we find in the Mahabharata itself.
		The main Vedic and Puranic battles are hence between the Purus and their allies (like the Ikshvakus) and the Yadus and their various allies (mainly the Turvashas but sometimes the Druhyus).
		Vedic texts like the Brahmanas style the Dasyus as the fallen descendants of the Vedic king Vishvamitra, his older sons,(35) making them the older descendants of Vedic* kings and seers.
	www.indiaforum.org /india/hinduism/aryan/page17.html (1485 words)

	Talk History Forum - Harappa Civilisation
		Research which identifies the civilization's location with the Vedic Sarasvati river system mentioned in ancient literature is speculative.
		Tectonic plate movements and earthquakes caused hte river to dry up in 1900 BC which would also explain the mass migrations into India and out of India into the middle east around and after this time period.
		The major rivers from the East of India (Ganga, Yamuna and all its tributaries) as well as the West of India (Saraswathi, Indus, and all its tributaries) are probably the waters that would have seperated India from Asia.
	www.talk-history.com /forum/printthread.php?t=1231 (1372 words)

	VFA News and Activities
		Hamsavatar, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, is a Vedic astrologer and internationally renowned ayurvedic gem therapist.
		This was at the invitation of Swami Dayananda Sarasvati of Coimbatore, India.
		These talks, which were on the importance of preserving the Vedic and indigenous cultures of the region, were well received and also distributed through tape recordings.
	www.vedicfriends.org /vfa_news_and_activities.htm (2082 words)

	Preaching in Northeast India
		So while traveling and speaking on the benefits and glories of Vedic culture, this was one of the dangers with which we had to contend.
		The original traditions of this region are parts of the great river of Sanatana-dharma that flows throughout India, or are all tributaries of that great river.
		The Vedic culture is also the oldest of any culture in the world, and for thousands of years has provided mankind with standards, ideals and insights for living that have provided for peace, harmony and spiritual development.
	www.vedicfriends.org /preaching_in_northeast_india.htm (6543 words)

	Books By David Frawley - Myth Aryan Invasion - Vedic And Hindu Religions (Page2)
		That the Harappan culture appeared non-Vedic to its excavators may be attributed to their lack of knowledge of Hindu culture generally, wherein Vedism and Shaivism are the same basic tradition.
		We also note that Shiva is the deity of the Ganges region which became the center of Indic-civilization in the post-Harappan era.
		Vedic deities, like Indra and Agni, are those of the Sarasvati river to which the Harappan era belongs.
	www.hindubooks.org /david_frawley/myth_aryan_invasion/vedic_and_indus_religions/page2.htm (159 words)

	Title: THE GAMES THAT HISTORIANS PLAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This was accompanied by Seidenberg's discovery showing that Vedic Mathematics was the source of both Babylonian and Egyptian mathematics.
		Another book, supported by the establishment scholars- The Vedic People: Their History and Geography by Rajesh Kochhar makes Afghanistan the seat of all Indian works, notably the Rigveda, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata.
		The image of the ocean is the most common poetic device used by the Vedic poets.
	www.stanford.edu /group/sia/Events/rajaram.htm (625 words)

	The Hindu : Scholarship or prejudice? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The number of such Vedic scholars East and West that he has made personal diatribes against is now over a dozen, though to his lament, he has still not succeeded in reducing their numbers or weakening the appeal of their ideas.
		Such views are much stranger than suggesting that the Vedic literature, the largest remaining literature of the ancient world, may actually be related to the Harappan/Sarasvati civilisation, the largest urban civilisation of the ancient world, particularly since both reflect the same geographical region.
		They would equate the sophisticated and advanced Vedic literature with the compositions of uncivilised, primitive nomadic tribes, though it has managed to leave its mark on the culture of the entire subcontinent, and no other earlier literature has survived.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/op/2003/03/04/stories/2003030400010200.htm (1002 words)

	The Vedic Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A period of "nascent" materialism, the Vedic Age saw tremedous wealth and prosperity.
		The primary sources of knowledge about the Vedic Age are the Vedas themselves -- especially the Rig Veda (aka Rg Veda).
		Gold was smelted from the ore, which seems to have originated from the beds of the rivers Saraswati (a large river during this period, now dried up), and Sindhu (now the Indus).
	www.msu.edu /user/pendsepr/vedic_age (222 words)

	National Water Grid As a Priority Project for India Vision 2020
		Desalination can be achieved not only for seawater resources but also to the brackish waters of rivers like the Luni River in Rajasthan and Gujarat in the salty and marshy terrains of northwest India.
		We hope and trust that the leaders and policy-makers of the nation would give priority to these projects as a positive step in optimal use of water as a national asset.
		The Sarasvati Research Centre hopes that national interest demands that the National Water Grid Authority and National Coastal Commission be appointed immediately to help manage the water resources of the nation in an optimal and sustainable manner.
	www.prnewsnow.com /TextNews/36757.html (508 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Haryana
		This was announced by Mr Ananth Kumar, Union Minister for Culture and Tourism, while inaugurating a national-level seminar on “Antiquity of Vedic Sarasvati River Researches and the Future Prospects of its Revival” organised at the local Gita Niketan School today.
		He suggested a plan would be formulated in the country to join the Ganga and Yamuna rivers with Krishna, Cauvery and Godavari in the South to put to optimum the available water resources.
		In his address, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Mr I.D. Swami, said the existence of paleo-channels, as revealed by the overlapping photographs taken by satellite surveys, was one of the landmarks in the history of Indian rivers in general and the Sarasvati in particular.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20010129/haryana.htm (2486 words)

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