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{{Short description|River tributary in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{use Indian English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Kaushalya River
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| image = Kaushalya dam, near Pinjor, Haryana, India.JPG
| image_size = 300px
| image_caption = Kaushalya dam near Pinjore
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| source1_location = [[Shivalik Hills]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]
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| mouth_location = [[Panchkula district]], [[Haryana]]
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]
| length_km = 20
| discharge1_location= [[Ghaggar-Hakra River|Ghaggar river]] just south-east of [[Pinjore]]
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| tributaries_left =
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| waterbodies = [[Kaushalya Dam]]
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| bridges = Kaushalya bridge
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The '''Kaushalya river''', a tributary of [[Ghaggar-Hakra River|Ghaggar river]], is a river in [[Panchkula district]] of [[Haryana]] state of [[India]].<ref name="MH1"/>

==Origin and route==
The Kaushalya river rises in the [[Shivalik hills]] on the border of [[Haryana]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]] State, and flows through [[Panchkula district]] and converges with [[Ghaggar-Hakra River|Ghaggar river]] near [[Pinjore]] just downstream of [[Kaushalya Dam]].<ref name="MH1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.hillsofmorni.com/around-morni/kaushalya-dam/ |title=Hillsofmorni.com - Kaushalya dam |access-date=13 April 2016 |archive-date=14 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114024025/http://www.hillsofmorni.com/around-morni/kaushalya-dam/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The basin is classified in two parts, [[Khadir and Bangar]], the higher area that is not flooded in rainy season is called ''Bangar'' and the lower flood-prone area is called ''Khadar''.<ref name="Har1">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160201121800/http://www.haryana-online.com/geography.htm HaryanaOnline - Geography of Haryana]}}</ref>

Several archaeologists have identified the old [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]] with the [[Sarasvati river]], on the banks of which the [[Indus Valley civilisation]] developed.<ref name="Possehl 1997">{{citation |first=Gregory L. |last=Possehl |authorlink=Gregory Possehl |title=The Transformation of the Indus Civilization |journal=Journal of World Prehistory |volume=11 |number=4 |date=December 1997 |pages=425–472 |jstor=25801118 |doi=10.1007/bf02220556|s2cid=161129625 }}</ref><ref name="Kenoyer 1997">{{citation |last=Kenoyer |first=J. M. |year=1997 |chapter=Early City-states in South Asia: Comparing the Harappan Phase and the Early Historic Period |title=The Archaeology of City States: Cross Cultural Approaches |editor1=D. L. Nichols |editor2=T. H. Charlton |pages=52–70 |location=Washington |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|isbn=1560987227 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iORzQgAACAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last1=Allchin|first1=Bridget|last2=Allchin|first2=Raymond|title=The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4s-YsP6vcIC|year=1982|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-28550-6 |page=160}}</ref><ref>{{citation |editor-last=Erdosy |editor-first=George |title=The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6ZRShEIFwMC |year=1995 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-014447-5 |pages=44, 266}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
IVC-major-sites-2.jpg|[[Indus Valley civilisation|Indus–Sarasvati civilisation]] major sites
Ghaggar river in Panchkula.jpg|[[Ghaggar-Hakra River|Ghaggar river]] flowing through [[Panchkula]] in [[Haryana]]
Flock of Cormorants, Kaushalaya dam, Haryana, India.JPG|Flock of Cormorants at [[Kaushalya Dam]]
Migratory birds at Kaushalya dam, near Pinjor, Haryana, India.JPG|Migratory birds at [[Kaushalya Dam]], near [[Pinjore]], [[Haryana]] (Dec. 2015)
Migratory birds at Kaushalya dam, near Pinjor, Panchkula,Haryana, India.JPG|Migratory birds at [[Kaushalya Dam]], near [[Pinjore]], [[Panchkula district]] (Dec. 2015)
Migratory birds at Kaushalya dam, near Pinjor, Haryana, India.jpg|Migratory birds at [[Kaushalya Dam]] (Dec. 2015)
Water of Kaushlya Dam attracts local and migratory birds.JPG|Water of [[Kaushalya Dam]] attracts local and migratory birds (June 2015)
</gallery>

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

== External links ==
{{commons category|Ghaggar-Hakra river}}
{{commons category|Sarasvati River}}

{{Hydrography of Haryana}}
{{Hydrography of Himachal Pradesh}}
{{Haryana}}

{{coord missing|Haryana}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghaggar-Hakra River}}
[[Category:Rivers of Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rivers of Haryana]]
[[Category:Rigvedic rivers]]
[[Category:Indus basin]]
[[Category:International rivers of Asia]]
[[Category:Sarasvati River]]

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Ali omar at 07:22, 27 November 2025