HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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The Indus Valley region
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The Punjab and Delhi region
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The region from Eastern Afghanistan to the upper valley of the Ganges
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The land of the Indus and its principal tributaries
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Detailed explanation-1: -The land of the Indus and its principal tributaries is the land of the Seven Rivers (Sapta Sindhu) where the initial Aryan settlement were located. Was this answer helpful?
Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: The land of the Indus and its principal tributaries describes the land of the seven rivers (Sapt-Sindhu) where the initial Aryan settlements were located.
Detailed explanation-3: -The region of Sapta Sindhu consisted of the Saraswati River, the Indus River and five Indus tributaries, the Nadistuti sukta of Rig-Veda said, Rivers: Sutudri (Sutlej), Parusni (Ravi), Asikni (Chenab), Vitasta (Jhelum), Vipas (Beas).
Detailed explanation-4: -Punjab was known as ‘Sapta Sindhu’ in the vedic literature which means land of seven rivers instead of the land of five rivers. This was primarily because it described the rivers Indus and Saraswati as well, along with the Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas.
Detailed explanation-5: -Aryans settled in India in Early Vedic Period. This is referred as Saptasindhu or the land of seven rivers; Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas, Sutlej, Indus and Saraswati.