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The Chautang, originating in Siwalik Hills, is a tributary of Sarsuti river which in turn is tributary of Ghaggar river in of Haryana state of India.[1][2]
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[3] and joins the Ghaggar-Hakra River east of Suratgarh in Rajasthan.[4] 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.[3] 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.[5]Template:Quotation requested 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.[6] 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, largest Indus Valley Civilization site of Rakhigarhi and ancient Agroha Mound. Drishadvati river itself was a tributary of the Ghaggar-Hakra River.[7]
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See also
- Western Yamuna Canal, branches off Yamuna river
- 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
References
- ↑ AmbalaOnline - Rrvers of Ambala
- ↑ Overflowing Ghaggar, Tangri inundate some villages along Punjab-Haryana border. The Indian Express(25 September 2010). Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Ancient Indus Valley: New perspectives{{#if:McIntosh|, McIntosh}(2008). ISBN 9781576079072
- ↑ Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. John Wiley & Sons(9 May 2013). ISBN 9781118704431
- ↑ Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization. PNAS({Template:Year).
- ↑ DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK - JIND 2001, Page, 30(2001).
- ↑ ASI Report on Rakghigrahi excavation.
External links
- Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization and Sarasvati River
- The Saraswati: Where lies the mystery by Saswati Paik
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