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 Saraswati and Drishadvati rivers during the Vedic period.
1 = ancient river
2 = today's river
3 = today's Thar desert
4 = ancient shore
5 = today's shore
6 = today's town
7 = dried-up Harappan Hakkra course, and pre-Harappan Sutlej paleochannels.[1]
- ^ a b Clift, P. D.; Carter, A.; Giosan, L.; Durcan, J.; Duller, G. A. T.; Macklin, M. G.; Alizai, A.; Tabrez, A. R.; Danish, M.; VanLaningham, S.; Fuller, D. Q. (1 March 2012). "U-Pb zircon dating evidence for a Pleistocene Sarasvati River and capture of the Yamuna River". Geology. 40 (3): 211–214. doi:10.1130/G32840.1.
- ^ Khonde, Nitesh; Singh, Sunil Kumar; Maurya, D. M.; Rai, Vinai K.; Chamyal, L. S.; Giosan, Liviu (14 July 2017). "Tracing the Vedic Saraswati River in the Great Rann of Kachchh". Scientific Reports. 7 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05745-8. PMC 5511136.
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