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Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged multiple historians; it is the single most important way of establishing the geography and chronology of the early Vedic period. [1] [2] Rivers with certain identifications stretch from eastern Afghanistan to the western Gangetic plain, clustering in the Punjab.
The Sarasvati River (IAST: Sárasvatī-nadī́) is a mythologized and deified ancient mythical river first mentioned in the Rigveda [1] and later in Vedic and post-Vedic texts. It played an important role in the Vedic religion , appearing in all but the fourth book of the Rigveda .
The goddess Godavari is the personification of the Godavari river. The river Godavari is strongly associated with Rama, who is said to have traversed its banks in the Ramayana. [17] According to legend, the sage Gautama lived near the Brahmagiri hills, and had gained the boon of a bottomless grain-supplying well. His foes led a cow into the ...
Nadistuti sukta is important for the reconstruction of the geography of the Vedic civilization. Sindhu (the Indus) is addressed as the mightiest of rivers and addressed specifically in verses 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9.
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The Drishadvati River (IAST: Dṛṣad-vatī, "She with many stones") is a river hypothesized by Indologists to identify the route of the Vedic river Saraswati and the state of Brahmavarta. According to Manusmriti , the Brahmavarta , where the Rishis composed the Vedas and other Sanskrit texts of the Vedic religion , was at the confluence of ...
The Yamuna (pronounced [jəmʊnɑː]; IAST: Yamunā) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India.Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about 4,500 m (14,800 ft) [1] on the southwestern slopes of Bandarpunch peaks of the Lower Himalaya in Uttarakhand, it travels 1,376 kilometres (855 mi) and has a drainage system of 366,223 ...
According to ancient history traced to Vedas, the Ravi River was known as Irāvatī (Sanskrit: इरावती). [3] The Ravi was known as Purushni [4] [5] or Irawati to Indians in Vedic times and as Hydraotes (Ancient Greek: 'ϒδραώτης) [6] [7] and Hyarotis (Ὑαρῶτις) [8] to the Ancient Greeks.