Chautang

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Chautang River
Sarasvati river.jpg
Ghaggar-Hakra ("Sarasvati") rivers and tributaries
Location
CountryIndia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationShivalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh
Discharge 
 • locationGhaggar river in Haryana

The Chautang, originating in Siwalik Hills, is a tributary of Sarsuti river which in turn is tributary of Ghaggar river in of Haryana state of India.[1][2]

Origin and route[edit]

The Chautang river is a seasonal river in the state of Haryana, India. It is theorized by some to be a remnant of the ancient river Drsadvati[3] and joins the Ghaggar-Hakra River east of Suratgarh in Rajasthan.[4] Some, who haven't read the Nadistuti sukta of the Rig veda erroneously suggest, that the Drsadvati river is actually the Arghandab River in Afghanistan. According to McIntosh, this river was one of the main contributors to this river system until the Yamuna changed its course.[3] However, according to Giosan, the Chautang is a rain-fed river, and the Yamuna changed its course towards east some 50,000 to 10,000 years ago, and didn't pour any water into it for the last 10,000 years.[5]Template:Quotation requested Hansi Branch of Western Yamuna Canal is palaeochannel of this river.


Firuz Tughluq( A.D. 1351-1388) didn't do what his predecessors had done. He reduced land revenue, exempted the peasants of several taxes and providing them many facilities. He took out a canal from the Yamuna which entered the district at Anta (tahsil Safidon) and thence flowing through the present Jind District from east to west in the line of the old Chautang river passing the town of Safidon, Dhatrath and Jind and reached Hisar.[6] This branch was built in the paleochannel of seasonal Chautang river which is a relict of Drishadvati river flowing from Kaithal to Hisar district, passing through the towns of Jind, Hansi, Hisar, largest Indus Valley Civilization site of Rakhigarhi and ancient Agroha Mound. Drishadvati river itself was a tributary of the Ghaggar-Hakra River.[7]

Old Chautang river which has been converted into Jind Hansi branch. Picture is taken near Dhatrath This branches away from Western Yamuna Canal near Munak

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. AmbalaOnline - Rrvers of Ambala
  2. Chopra, Sanjeev (25 September 2010). "Overflowing Ghaggar, Tangri inundate some villages along Punjab-Haryana border". The Indian Express. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 McIntosh, Jane (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley: New perspectives. ISBN 9781576079072. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. Climates, Landscapes, and Civilizations. John Wiley & Sons. 9 May 2013. ISBN 9781118704431. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. Giosan, Liviu; et al. (2012). "Fluvial landscapes of the Harappan civilization". PNAS. 109 (26): E1688–E1694. doi:10.1073/pnas.1112743109. PMC 3387054. PMID 22645375.
  6. Page, 30 (2001). "DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK - JIND 2001" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "ASI Report on Rakghigrahi excavation" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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