HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Sindhu
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Chenab
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Saraswati
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Ganga
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most prominent river in the Rig Veda is Saraswati . The Rig Veda mentions the Saraswati river as between the Yamuna to the East and river Sutlej to the west.
Detailed explanation-2: -Saraswati River in Ancient Literatures-The name ‘Saraswati’ has been used in most of the ancient literatures like Vedas, Manusmriti, Mahabharata and Puranas: 1. Vedas-There are frequent references of River Saraswati in Vedic literature (80 times more than that of River Ganges).
Detailed explanation-3: -The Rig Veda mentions about the dialogue between the sage Vishvamitra and the two rivers i.e. Beas and Sutlej.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the Rigveda, there are mentions of holy rivers such as the Sarasvati. The river Ganges is considered to be most sacred, and is personified as the goddess Ganga.
Detailed explanation-5: -Here’s the mother of all conundrums-all the mighty rivers described in the Vedas-the Indus (Sindhu), Jhelum (Vitasta), Chenab (Askini), Ravi (Purushni), Beas (Vipasa) and Sutlej (Shatadru)-exist.