Tangri river
| Tangri River | |
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Ghaggar-Hakra Sarasvati rivers and tributaries | |
| Native name | तांगरी नदी, टांगरी नदी |
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| Main source | Shivalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh |
| Countries | India |
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The Tangri river (Hindi: तांगरी नदी and टांगरी नदी) is a tributary of Ghaggar river in of Haryana state of India.[1][2]
Origin and route
The Tangri river originates in the Shivalik hills on the border of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh State, and flows along the haryana and Punjab, India border before meeting with Ghaggar river at the confluence.[3]
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.[3]
Identification with Vedic rivers
Several modern scholars identify the old Ghaggar-Hakra River (of which Tangri river is a tributary) as the Sarasvati river and the Chautang river with the Drishadvati river of Vedic period, on the banks of which Indus-Sarasvati civilisation developed. such scholars include Gregory Possehl,[4] J. M. Kenoyer,[5] Bridget and Raymond Allchin,[6] Michael Witzel,[7] Kenneth Kennedy,[8] Franklin Southworth,[9] and numerous Indian archaeologists.
Gregory Possehl and Jane McIntosh refer to the Ghaggar-Hakra river as "Sarasvati" throughout their respective 2002 and 2008 books on the Indus Civilisation.[10][11]
Gregory Possehl states:
"Linguistic, archaeological, and historical data show that the Sarasvati of the Vedas is the modern Ghaggar or Hakra."[11]
Gallery
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Indus-Sarasvati civilisation major sites
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Ghaggar river flowing through Panchkula in Haryana
See also
- Dangri, 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
- Markanda river, Haryana, a tributary of Ghaggar-Hakra River
- Chautang, a tributary of Ghaggar-Hakra River
- Sutlej, a tributary of Indus
- Ganges
- Indus
- Western Yamuna Canal, branches off Yamuna
- Somb river
References
- ↑ AmbalaOnline - Rrvers of Ambala
- ↑ Indian Express - Ghaggar and Tangri rivers overflow
- 1 2 HaryanaOnline - Geography of Haryana
- ↑ Possehl, Gregory L. (December 1997), "The Transformation of the Indus Civilization", Journal of World Prehistory 11 (4): 425–472, JSTOR 25801118
- ↑ Kenoyer, J. M. (1997), "Early City-states in South Asia: Comparing the Harappan Phase and the Early Historic Period", in D. L. Nichols; T. H. Charlton, The Archaeology of City States: Cross Cultural Approaches, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 52–70, ISBN 1560987227
- ↑ Allchin, Bridget; Allchin, Raymond (1982), The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan, Cambridge University Press, p. 160, ISBN 978-0-521-28550-6
- ↑ Erdosy 1995, pp. 105, 318.
- ↑ Erdosy 1995, p. 44.
- ↑ Erdosy 1995, p. 266.
- ↑ McIntosh, Jane (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-57607-907-2.
- 1 2 Gregory L. Possehl (2002). The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective. Rowman Altamira. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7591-0172-2.
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- Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization and Sarasvati River
- The Saraswati: Where lies the mystery by Saswati Paik
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