03-19-2004, 11:31 AM
<b>Sarasvati Civilization</b>
This monograph with maps and other figures at URL
http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/sarasvatilocus1.pdf (188 pages, about 3.5 mb) is divided into the following sections:
· Sarasvati Civilization: Cultural Typology
· Sarasvati Civilization: Locus
· River Sarasvati: Archaeology, Culture and Tourism Promotion
Projects
· National Water Grid including Rebirth of River Sarasvati
· List of Sites of Sarasvati Civilization
· Bibliography (Civilization)
Scroll down to Page 7 to see the sediment analysis of River Ghaggar (Sarasvati); himalayan riverine sediments are dated to between 10,500 to 12,500 years Before Present thus confirming that prior to the Yamuna tear on Siwaliks, River Yamuna (combined with Rivers Tamasa and Giri) was a tributary of River Sarasvati, flowing through Dr.s.advati and earlier through Bata divide and Markanda River strreams.
R.gveda (RV 3.23.4) attests the geography of River Sarasvati as
close to Dr.s.advati, Apaya and Manus.a. Rivers Dr.s.advati and
Apaga and Lake Manas (Haryana) help affirm what is presently called as Sarsuti River as Vedic River Sarasvati. Scientific investigations by a number of scientists from a number of disciplines (glaciology, hydrology, geology, archaeology, seismology, nuclear sciences) have confirmed the extension of the Sarsuti-Ghaggar channels as an independent channel flowing into the delta region of Rann of Kutch and beyond through Little Rann and Rann of Kutch into Saura_s.t.ra to join the Sindhu sa_gara at Prabhas Patan (Somnath). R.gveda r.ca 7.36.6 also affirms Sarasvati_ as saptathi_ sindhuma_ta_ attesting
to the Sapta Sindhu region which is acknowledged as the region where the r.s.i-s perceived the R.gveda.
a_ yatsa_kam yas'aso va_vas'a_nah sarasvati_ saptathi_ sindhuma_ta_
ya_h sus.vayanta sudugha_h sudha_ra_ abhisvena payasa_ pipya_na_h
(RV. 7.36.6)
May the glorious seventh (stream) Sarasvati, the mother of the Sindh and other (rivers) charged with copious volume of water, flow vigorously; come together, gifting abundant food and milk.
ni tva_ dadhe vara a_ pr.thivya_ il.a_ya_spade sudinatve ahna_m
dr.s.advatya_m ma_nus.a a_paya_ya_m sarasvatya_m revad agne didi_hi (RV 3.23.4)
Agni, you were placed on the earth on an auspicious day (at the time of fine weather) on the best of the places on the earth, in the dwelling of Il.a_. Blaze (shine opulently, O Agni) with wealth among the descendants of Manu (on the banks of) Dr.s.advati, A_paya_ and Sarasvati.
Sarasvati was also viewed in three ru_pa_'s: nadi_, amba_, devi_
even in the days of the R.gveda (R.s.i Gr.tsamada). She was a mother who nurured a civilization on her banks. She was a devi who promoted arts and crafts on her river banks using the material resources of the regions of Sapta Sindhu (seven rivers). No wonder, she is also adored as an a_pri_ devata_ in the yajna-s. She is also va_k, mahi_, bha_rati_, il.a_.
The reality or ground-truth (to use the technical term used by
geologists and surveyors) is emphatic, and established by a grid of scientific findings. The stunning complex of archaeological sites alone suffice to establish River Sarasvati course during the period from 4th to 2nd millennia (3300 to 1500 BCE) for nearly 2 millennia, as fully flowing glacier-fed river draining Uttaranchal, H.P., Punjab, Rajasthan, Bahawalpur, Sind, Rann of Kuthc and Gujarat regions.
The rebirth of Sarasvati is ongoing and within three years, will
flow into Gujarat upto River Sabarmati.
This monograph with maps and other figures at URL
http://www.hindunet.org/saraswati/sarasvatilocus1.pdf (188 pages, about 3.5 mb) is divided into the following sections:
· Sarasvati Civilization: Cultural Typology
· Sarasvati Civilization: Locus
· River Sarasvati: Archaeology, Culture and Tourism Promotion
Projects
· National Water Grid including Rebirth of River Sarasvati
· List of Sites of Sarasvati Civilization
· Bibliography (Civilization)
Scroll down to Page 7 to see the sediment analysis of River Ghaggar (Sarasvati); himalayan riverine sediments are dated to between 10,500 to 12,500 years Before Present thus confirming that prior to the Yamuna tear on Siwaliks, River Yamuna (combined with Rivers Tamasa and Giri) was a tributary of River Sarasvati, flowing through Dr.s.advati and earlier through Bata divide and Markanda River strreams.
R.gveda (RV 3.23.4) attests the geography of River Sarasvati as
close to Dr.s.advati, Apaya and Manus.a. Rivers Dr.s.advati and
Apaga and Lake Manas (Haryana) help affirm what is presently called as Sarsuti River as Vedic River Sarasvati. Scientific investigations by a number of scientists from a number of disciplines (glaciology, hydrology, geology, archaeology, seismology, nuclear sciences) have confirmed the extension of the Sarsuti-Ghaggar channels as an independent channel flowing into the delta region of Rann of Kutch and beyond through Little Rann and Rann of Kutch into Saura_s.t.ra to join the Sindhu sa_gara at Prabhas Patan (Somnath). R.gveda r.ca 7.36.6 also affirms Sarasvati_ as saptathi_ sindhuma_ta_ attesting
to the Sapta Sindhu region which is acknowledged as the region where the r.s.i-s perceived the R.gveda.
a_ yatsa_kam yas'aso va_vas'a_nah sarasvati_ saptathi_ sindhuma_ta_
ya_h sus.vayanta sudugha_h sudha_ra_ abhisvena payasa_ pipya_na_h
(RV. 7.36.6)
May the glorious seventh (stream) Sarasvati, the mother of the Sindh and other (rivers) charged with copious volume of water, flow vigorously; come together, gifting abundant food and milk.
ni tva_ dadhe vara a_ pr.thivya_ il.a_ya_spade sudinatve ahna_m
dr.s.advatya_m ma_nus.a a_paya_ya_m sarasvatya_m revad agne didi_hi (RV 3.23.4)
Agni, you were placed on the earth on an auspicious day (at the time of fine weather) on the best of the places on the earth, in the dwelling of Il.a_. Blaze (shine opulently, O Agni) with wealth among the descendants of Manu (on the banks of) Dr.s.advati, A_paya_ and Sarasvati.
Sarasvati was also viewed in three ru_pa_'s: nadi_, amba_, devi_
even in the days of the R.gveda (R.s.i Gr.tsamada). She was a mother who nurured a civilization on her banks. She was a devi who promoted arts and crafts on her river banks using the material resources of the regions of Sapta Sindhu (seven rivers). No wonder, she is also adored as an a_pri_ devata_ in the yajna-s. She is also va_k, mahi_, bha_rati_, il.a_.
The reality or ground-truth (to use the technical term used by
geologists and surveyors) is emphatic, and established by a grid of scientific findings. The stunning complex of archaeological sites alone suffice to establish River Sarasvati course during the period from 4th to 2nd millennia (3300 to 1500 BCE) for nearly 2 millennia, as fully flowing glacier-fed river draining Uttaranchal, H.P., Punjab, Rajasthan, Bahawalpur, Sind, Rann of Kuthc and Gujarat regions.
The rebirth of Sarasvati is ongoing and within three years, will
flow into Gujarat upto River Sabarmati.