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{{Infobox river
| name = Dohan / Duhan river
| name_native = दोहान नदी
| name_native_lang = hi
| name_other = वधूसरा नदी / Vadhūsarā river
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| source1_location = [[Aravalli Range]], From [[Alwar district]] and [[Sikar district]] of [[Rajasthan]] to [[Rewari district]] of Haryana
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| discharge1_location= [[Sahibi River]] in [[Haryana]]
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The '''Dohan''' river ({{lang-hi|दोहान नदी}}, {{lang-sa|वधूसरा}}, {{IAST3|Vadhūsarā}}), is a rain-fed river that originates at [[Mandholi]] village near [[Neem Ka Thana]] in [[Sikar district]] of [[Rajasthan]] and then disappears in [[Mahendragarh district]] in [[Haryana]] where it use to be a tributary of [[Sahibi River]], which in turn is a still flowing tributary of [[Yamuna]]. Its canalised portion in one of its [[paleochannel]] in Haryana is called the "Outfall Drain No 8".

At Mandholi there is a small gomukh from where the river begins.<ref name="Sahibi1">[http://www.indiamapped.in/revers-in-india/haryana/sahibi-river Sahibi river]</ref><ref name="AKjain">{{cite book|last=Jain|first=A.K.|title=River Pollution| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1PjJD61h8Q0C&pg=PA41|year=2009|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0463-1| pages=41–}}</ref><ref name=culture1>[https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0391023586 Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume, Vijai Shankar Śrivastava, 1981].{{ISBN|0391023586}}</ref>

Several [[Ochre Coloured Pottery culture]] sites (also identified as late Harappan phase of [[Indus Valley Civilisation]] culture)<ref name=IVCOCP>{{Citation | last = Gupta | first = S.P. (ed.) | title = The lost Sarasvati and the Indus Civilization | place = Jodhpur | publisher = Kusumanjali Prakashan | year = 1995}}</ref> have been found along the banks of [[Krishnavati river]], Sahibi river, Dohan river (tributary of Sahibi river) and Sota River (another tributary of sahibi river that merges with Sahibi at [[Behror]] in Alwar district).<ref name=culture101>[https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0391023586 Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume, Vijai Shankar Śrivastava, 1981]. {{ISBN|0391023586}}</ref>

== Basin ==
The ''Dohan'' river originates from [[Aravalli Range]] near the village of [[Mandholi]] from the western slopes of the Dohan Protected Forest hills and flows towards north-east. The [[Krishnavati river]], another independent River, flows north-east for about 42 km in Rajasthan and subsequently disappears in Haryana. The drainage pattern for both is [[Drainage system (geomorphology)#Dendritic drainage pattern|dendritic]].

== Tributaries ==
These west to north-west flowing rivers originate from the western slopes of [[Aravalli range]] in Rajasthan, flow through semi-arid historical [[Shekhawati]] region, drain into southern Haryana.
* [[Sahibi River]], originates near [[Manoharpur]] in [[Sikar district]] flows through Haryana, along with its following tributaries:<ref name=culture1/><ref name="Sahibi1" /><ref name=AKjain /><ref name=Dariba>[https://books.google.com/books?isbn=812460049X Minerals and Metals in Ancient India: Archaeological evidence], Arun Kumar Biswas, Sulekha Biswas, University of Michigan. 1996. {{ISBN|812460049X}}.</ref>
** Dohan river, tributary of Sahibi river, originates near [[Neem Ka Thana]] in Alwar district.
** [[Sota River, India|Sota River]], tributary of Sahibi river, merges with Sahibi river at [[Behror]] in Alwar district.
** [[Krishnavati river]], former tributary of Sahibi river, originates near [[Dariba, Rajasthan|Dariba]] copper mines in [[Rajsamand district]] of Rajasthan, flows through [[Patan, Rajasthan|Patan]] in [[Dausa district]] and Mothooka in [[Alwar district]], then disappears in [[Mahendragarh district]] in [[Haryana]] much before reaching Sahibi river.

==Archaeological findings==
[[File:Harrapan period earthen ware from village, Hansaka, Rewari District, Haryana, on the bed of Sahibi River.JPG|thumb|300px|Earthenware (Pottery) found on the Sahibi riverbed by INTACH-Rewari, at Hansaka village, Rewari District, 2012]]
Archaeological findings on the Sahibi River have confirmed habitations on its banks before the [[Harappa]]n and pre-[[Mahabharata]] periods. Both handmade and wheel-made earthenware dated from 3309–2709 BCE and 2879–2384 BCE has been found on the banks of the Sahibi River at Jodhpura. [[INTACH]]-Rewari found pottery on the Sahibi riverbed at [[Hansaka]] in the Rewari district. A red stone statue of [[Vamana]] Dev was found in the Sahibi riverbed near Bawal in 2002; the statue is now displayed at the Shri Krishna Museum, [[Kurukshetra]].{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} Other artifacts discovered in the Sahibi River include arrowheads, fishhooks, appearheads, awls, and chisels.<ref>A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India from the stone age to the 12th century, Pearson 2009, page 116</ref>

== Identification with Vedic rivers ==
{{See also|Drishadvati river}}
Several modern scholars identify the old [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]] (of which Tangri river is a tributary) as the [[Sarasvati river]] and the [[Sahibi River]] with the [[Drishadvati river]] of [[Vedic period]], on the banks of which, as wll as the Indus, the [[Indus Valley Civilisation]] developed. such scholars include Bhargava<ref>"Location of Brahmavarta and Drishadwati River is important to find earliest alignment of Saraswati River", Sudhir Bhargava, International Conference, 20–22 Nov. 2009, "Saraswati-a perspective" pages 114–117, [[Kurukshetra University]], Kurukshetra, Organised by: Saraswati Nadi Shodh Sansthan, Haryana.</ref> The [[Drishadwati]] River formed one border of the [[Vedic]] state of [[Brahmavarta]] and was mentioned in the ''[[Rigveda]]'', the ''[[Manusmriti]]'', and the ''Brahmin Granths'' texts.

==Gallery ==
<gallery>
IVC-major-sites-2.jpg|[[Indus Valley Civilisation|Indus-Sarasvati civilisation]] major sites
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Chautang]], a tributary of [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]]
* [[Kaushalya river]], a tributary of Ghaggar-Hakra River
* [[Sarsuti]], a tributary of Ghaggar-Hakra River
* [[Sutlej]], a tributary of [[Indus]]
* [[Dangri]], a tributary of [[Sarsuti]]
* [[Tangri river]], a tributary of Sarsuti, merge if Dangri and Tangri are same
* [[Krishnavati river]]
* [[Ganges]]
* [[Indus]]
* [[Western Yaumna Canal|Western Yamuna Canal]], branches off [[Yamuna]]
* [[List of rivers of Rajasthan]]
* [[List of rivers of India]]
* [[List of dams and reservoirs in India]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070101164930/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucgadkw/members/indus.html Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization and Sarasvati River]
*[http://www.gisdevelopment.net/application/archaeology/site/archs0001.htm The Saraswati: Where lies the mystery by Saswati Paik]

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Dohan river - Revision history

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