INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Manusmriti-The land between the Saraswati and Drishadvati is created by God; this land is defined as Brahmavarta. 3. Mahabharata-Mahabharata gives clear geographical accounts of a number of pilgrimage sites spread along the course of the Saraswati River.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ancient Hindu texts including the Vedas, Manusmriti and Puranas call the river by many names which include Markanda, Hakra, Suprabha, Kanchanakshi, Visala, Manorama.

Detailed explanation-3: -The land created by the gods and lying between the divine rivers Saraswati and Drishadwati is called ‘Brahmavarta’-the region of Brahman. The conduct handed down from generation to generation among the social classes and the intermediate classes of that land is called the ‘conduct of good people’.

Detailed explanation-4: -The area to the east of Saraswati, known as Ghagghar, was Brahmavarta. However, Between the Himalayas and the Vindhya mountains is the region known as Aryavarta. Since the Brahmavarta was believed to have been created by the Gods, it is imagined as a place where goodness prevails over the sins of evil.

Detailed explanation-5: -Saraswati and Ghaggar-Hakra Danino provides extensive evidence that the Ghaggar-Hakra stream (whose shores housed extensive Harappan settlements, including Kalibangan) is indeed the Saraswati river mentioned in the Rig Veda.