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The '''Chautang''', originating in [[Siwalik Hills]], is a tributary of [[Sarsuti]] river which in turn is tributary of [[Ghaggar-Hakra River|Ghaggar river]] in of [[Haryana]] state of [[India]].<ref name="Ambala">[http://www.ambalaonline.in/city-guide/rivers-in-ambala AmbalaOnline - Rrvers of Ambala]</ref><ref name="IE1">{{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/overflowing-ghaggar-tangri-inundate-some-villages-along-punjabharyana-border/687474/ | newspaper=The Indian Express | title=Overflowing Ghaggar, Tangri inundate some villages along Punjab-Haryana border | first=Sanjeev | last=Chopra | date=25 September 2010 | access-date=9 April 2017 }}</ref>

==Origin and route==
The Chautang river is a seasonal river in the state of [[Haryana]], [[India]]. It is theorized by some to be a remnant of the ancient river [[Drsadvati]]<ref name="McIntosh"/> and joins the [[Ghaggar| Ghaggar-Hakra River]] east of [[Suratgarh]] in [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D7aw5mfscBMC&q=Chautang+river&pg=PT217|title=Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|access-date=18 February 2014|isbn=9781118704431|date=9 May 2013}}</ref> Some, who haven't read the [[Nadistuti sukta]] of the [[Rig veda]] erroneously suggest, that the Drsadvati river is actually the [[Arghandab River]] in Afghanistan. According to McIntosh, this river was one of the main contributors to this river system until the [[Yamuna]] changed its course.<ref name="McIntosh">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1AJO2A-CbccC&q=Chautang+river&pg=PA407|title=The Ancient Indus Valley: New perspectives|last=McIntosh|first=Jane|access-date=18 February 2014|isbn=9781576079072|year=2008}}</ref> However, according to Giosan, the Chautang is a rain-fed river, and the Yamuna changed its course towards east some 50,000 to 10,000 years ago, and didn't pour any water into it for the last 10,000 years.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization|year=2012|author=Giosan, Liviu|display-authors=etal|doi=10.1073/pnas.1112743109|volume=109|number=26|journal=PNAS|pmid=22645375|pmc=3387054|pages=E1688–E1694|doi-access=free}}</ref>{{quotation requested|date=February 2016}} [[Western Yamuna Canal#Hansi Branch|Hansi Branch]] of [[Western Yamuna Canal]] is palaeochannel of this river.

Firuz Tughluq( A.D. 1351-1388) didn't do what his predecessors had done. He reduced land revenue, exempted the peasants of several taxes and providing them many facilities. He took out a canal from the Yamuna which entered the district at Anta (tahsil [[Safidon]]) and thence flowing through the present [[Jind]] District from east to west in the line of the old '''Chautang''' river passing the town of [[Safidon]], [[Dhatrath]] and Jind and reached Hisar.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Page|first=30|date=2001|title=DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK - JIND 2001|url=http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/4771/1/49751_2001_JIN.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> This branch was built in the paleochannel of seasonal Chautang river which is a relict of [[Drishadvati river]] flowing from Kaithal to Hisar district, passing through the towns of [[Jind]], [[Hansi]], [[Hisar city|Hisar]], largest [[Indus Valley Civilization]] site of [[Rakhigarhi]] and ancient [[Agroha Mound]]. [[Drishadvati river]] itself was a tributary of the [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=ASI Report on Rakghigrahi excavation|url=http://asi.nic.in/pdf_data/rakhigarhi_excavation_report_new.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Jind Hansi Branch Canal (Old Chautang).jpg|thumb|Old Chautang river which has been converted into Jind Hansi branch. Picture is taken near [[Dhatrath]] This branches away from [[Western Yamuna Canal]] near [[Munak, Karnal|Munak]]]]

== See also ==
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* [[Western Yaumna Canal|Western Yamuna Canal]], branches off [[Yamuna]] river
* [[Markanda river, Haryana|Markanda river]], a tributary of [[Sarsuti]]
* [[Dangri]], a tributary of [[Sarsuti]]
* [[Sarsuti]], a tributary of [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]]
* [[Kaushalya river]], a tributary of [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]]
* [[Sutlej]], a tributary of [[Indus]]
* [[Ganges]]
* [[Indus]]
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== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

== External links ==
*[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/members/indus.html Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization and Sarasvati River]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050904005053/http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/archaeology/site/archs0001.htm The Saraswati: Where lies the mystery by Saswati Paik]

{{Hydrography of Himachal Pradesh}}
{{Hydrography of Haryana}}
{{Hydrography of Punjab, India}}
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[[Category:Rivers of Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rivers of Haryana]]
[[Category:Rivers of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Rigvedic rivers]]
[[Category:Indus basin]]
[[Category:International rivers of Asia]]
[[Category:Sarasvati River]]
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