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The Yavyavati is a river of ancient India, mentioned in the Rigveda (in RV 6.27.6) and in the Panchavimsha Brahmana (25.7.2). In the Pancavimsa Brahmana the river is associated with the Vibhinduka region (Kuru-Pancala region).[1]

Michael Witzel (1995) identifies it with the Zhob river in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan.[2]

References

  1. e.g. Witzel 1987, quoted by Talageri Shrikant, 2001. "Michael Witzel - An examination of his review of my book"
  2. Michael Witzel, Rgvedic history: poets, chieftains and politics, in: Language, Material Culture and Ethnicity. The Indo-Aryans of Ancient South Asia, ed. G. Erdosy, Berlin/New York (de Gruyter) 1995, 307-352.