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The '''Krishnavati''' river ({{lang-hi|कृष्णावती नदी}}), also called '''Kasaunti''' ({{lang-hi|कसौंती नदी}}), is a rain-fed river originates from [[Aravalli Range]] near [[Dariba, Rajasthan|Dariba]] copper mines in [[Rajsamand district]] of Rajasthan, and flows through [[Patan, Rajasthan|Patan]] in [[Dausa district]] and Mothooka in [[Alwar district]] and then disappears in [[Mahendragarh district]] in [[Haryana]] where it use to be a tributary of [[Sahibi River]], which in turn still is a tributary of [[Yamuna]].<ref name="Sahibi1">[http://www.indiamapped.in/revers-in-india/haryana/sahibi-river Sahibi river]</ref><ref name="AKjain"/><ref name=Dariba>[https://books.google.com/books?isbn=812460049X Minerals and Metals in Ancient India: Archaeological evidence], Arun Kumar Biswas, Sulekha Biswas, University of Michigan. 1996. {{ISBN|812460049X}}.</ref> Several [[Ochre Coloured Pottery culture]] sites (also identified as late Harappan phase of [[Indus Valley Civilisation]] culture)<ref name=IVCOCP>{{Citation | last = Gupta | first = S.P. (ed.) | title = The lost Sarasvati and the Indus Civilization | place = Jodhpur | publisher = Kusumanjali Prakashan | year = 1995}}</ref> have been found along the banks of Krishnavati, Sahibi river, [[Dohan river]] (another tributary of Sahibi river originates near [[Neem Ka Thana]] in Alwar district) and Sota River (another tributaries of Sahibi river that merges with Sahibi at [[Behror]] in Alwar district).<ref name=Dariba/><ref name=culture1>[https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0391023586 Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume, Vijai Shankar Śrivastava, 1981]. {{ISBN|0391023586}}</ref> The drainage pattern for all these rivers is [[Drainage system (geomorphology)#Dendritic drainage pattern|dendritic]].

* [[Sahibi River]], originates near [[Manoharpur]] in [[Sikar district]] flows through Haryana, along with its following tributaries:<ref name="Sahibi1"/><ref name=AKjain>[https://books.google.com/books?id=1PjJD61h8Q0C&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=sahibi+river&source=bl&ots=VGgGSr5-B3&sig=RY20djGqyiszeWbQDiZCH3nt5TY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=90UkUNi9DpOe6QG1sIDAAg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=sahibi%20river&f=falseGoogle Books: Page 41, 42, 43, 44, 47 (b) Sahibi Nadi (River), River Pollution, By A.k.jain]</ref><ref name=Dariba/><ref name=culture1/>  

Several modern scholars identify the old [[Ghaggar-Hakra River]] (of which Tangri river is a tributary) as the [[Sarasvati river]] and the [[Sahibi River]] with the [[Drishadvati river]] of [[Vedic period]], on the banks of which [[Indus Valley Civilisation|Indus-Sarasvati civilisation]] developed. such scholars include Bhargava<ref>"Location of Brahmavarta and Drishadwati River is important to find earliest alignment of Saraswati River", Sudhir Bhargava, International Conference, 20–22 Nov. 2009, "Saraswati-a perspective" pages 114–117, [[Kurukshetra University]], Kurukshetra, Organised by: Saraswati Nadi Shodh Sansthan, Haryana.</ref> The [[Drishadwati]] River formed one border of the [[Vedic]] state of [[Brahmavarta]] and was mentioned in the ''[[Rigveda]]'', the ''[[Manusmriti]]'', and the ''Brahmin Granths'' texts.

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