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The '''Krishnavati''' river ({{lang-hi|कृष्णावती नदी}}), also called '''Kasaunti''' ({{lang-hi|कसौंती नदी}}), is a rain-fed river originates from [[Aravalli Range]] near [[Dariba, Rajasthan|Dariba]] copper mines in [[Rajsamand district]] of Rajasthan, and flows through [[Patan, Rajasthan|Patan]] in [[Dausa district]] and Mothooka in [[Alwar district]] and then disappears in [[Mahendragarh district]] in [[Haryana]] where it use to be a tributary of [[Sahibi River]], which in turn still is a tributary of [[Yamuna]].<ref name="Sahibi1">[http://www.indiamapped.in/revers-in-india/haryana/sahibi-river Sahibi river]</ref><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> Several [[Ochre Coloured Pottery culture]] sites (also identified as late Harappan phase of [[Indus Valley civilisation]] culture)<ref name=IVCOCP>{{Citation | editor-last = Gupta | editor-first = S.P. | title = The lost Sarasvati and the Indus Civilization | place = Jodhpur | publisher = Kusumanjali Prakashan | year = 1995}}</ref> have been found along the banks of Krishnavati, Sahibi river, [[Dohan river]] (another tributary of Sahibi river originates near [[Neem Ka Thana]] in Alwar district) and Sota River (another tributaries of Sahibi river that merges with Sahibi at [[Behror]] in Alwar district).<ref name=Dariba/><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> The drainage pattern for all these rivers is [[Drainage system (geomorphology)#Dendritic drainage pattern|dendritic]].

==Basin==
The western slopes of [[Aravalli range]] in Rajasthan and southern Haryana forms the basin of this river. The drainage pattern 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>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1PjJD61h8Q0C&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=sahibi+river&source=bl&ots=VGgGSr5-B3&sig=RY20djGqyiszeWbQDiZCH3nt5TY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=90UkUNi9DpOe6QG1sIDAAg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=sahibi%20river&f=falseGoogle Books: Page 41, 42, 43, 44, 47 (b) Sahibi Nadi (River), River Pollution, By A.k.jain]</ref><ref name=Dariba/>
** [[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 [[Indus Valley civilisation|Indus–Sarasvati 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
Ghaggar river in Panchkula.jpg|[[Ghaggar-Hakra River|Ghaggar river]] flowing through [[Panchkula]] in [[Haryana]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
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* Krishnavati river
* [[Dangri]], a tributary of [[Sarsuti]]
* [[Tangri river]], a tributary of [[Sarsuti]], merge if Dangri and Tangri are same
* [[Sarsuti]], a tributary of [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]]
* [[Kaushalya river]], a tributary of [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]]
* [[Chautang]], a tributary of [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]]
* [[Sutlej]], a tributary of [[Indus]]
* [[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]]
{{col div end}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070101164930/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]

==References==
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