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{{see also|Saint Berach}}
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Rajasthan]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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| subdivision_name5 = {{hlist|[[Udaipur]]|[[Mewar]]}}

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| mouth = Ahar-Berach sangam confluence
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The '''Ahar River''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Berach River]] (itself a tributary of [[Banas River]], which in turn is a tributary of [[Chambal river]], itself a tributary of [[Yamuna River]], which in turn is the most important tributary of [[Ganges River]]).

The river flows through the [[Udaipur|Udaipur city]] and is its larger drainage body. The spill water of the famous [[Lake Pichola]] and [[Fateh Sagar Lake]] of [[Udaipur district]] gets into the Ahar river. The river further downstream feed the [[Udaisagar Lake]] located just outside Udaipur city.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sharma|first=Abha|date=2012-05-20|title=A lake rejuvenated|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/a-lake-rejuvenated/article3436472.ece|access-date=2020-08-27|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> This historically important river is at present functioning as the drainage body of the Udaipur city filled with sewage and garbage.

Ahar River is also the site of 3000 BC to 1500BC [[Chalcolithic]] [[archaeological culture]] [[Ahar-Banas culture]].<ref name="Hooja">{{cite journal|journal= Serindian: Indian Archaeology and Heritage Online|issue= 1|date=July 2000|url=http://www.serindian.com/sa-research/sa0aa21.htm|last=Hooja|first=Rima|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818060316/http://www.serindian.com/sa-research/sa0aa21.htm|title=The Ahar culture: A Brief Introduction|archivedate=18 August 2000}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110629091226/http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?674&soc Cache of Seal Impressions Discovered in Western India Offers Surprising New Evidence For Cultural Complexity in Little-known Ahar-banas Culture, Circa 3000-1500 B.C.] University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology</ref>

On its river bank in Udaipur there are Royal Cenotaphs of Maharanas of Mewar called "Ahar ki Chhatriya" literally [[Ahar Cenotaphs]] .<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ahar- Ahar Cenotaphs, Cenotaphs in Ahar, Ahar Archeological Museum Rajasthan|url=http://www.udaipur.org.uk/excursions/ahar.html|access-date=2020-08-27|website=www.udaipur.org.uk}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.udaipurtimes.com/prehistoric-era-of-ayad/ Pre-Historic Era of Ayad]

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[[Category:Rivers of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Udaipur district]]
[[Category:Chalcolithic sites of Asia]]
[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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