The Sarsuti river, originating in Sivalik Hills and flowing through the palaeochannel of Yamuna, is a tributary of Ghaggar river in of Haryana state of India.AmbalaOnline - Rrvers of AmbalaB.K. Bhadra and J.R. Sharma, Satellite images as scientific tool for Sarasvati Paleochannel and its archaeological affinity in NW India , page 106-110. Its course is dotted with archaeological and religious sites dating back to post-Harrapan Mahabharata sites from Vedic period, such as Kapal Mochan, Kurukshetra, Thanesar, Brahma Sarovar, Jyotisar, Bhor Saidan and Pehowa.
Origin and route The Sarsuti is a small ephemeral stream that rises in the Sivalik Hills of south-eastern Himachal Pradesh in India, and flows through Haryana.PALAEOCHANNELS OF NORTH WEST INDIA, Central Ground Water Board, last page of preface. It is palaeochannel of Yamuna before Yamuna shifted towards east due to plate tectonics of Earth's crust. It has also been identified as one of the tributaries of Sarasvati River.
It flows south-east where it is joined by two other streams, the Markanda river and the Dangri, before joining the Ghaggar river near the village of Rasula [near Pehowa].
It is thereafter known as the Ghaggar. Further downstream on the banks of the Ghaggar stands an old derelict fort [at sirsa city] named Sarsuti.
According to Valdiya and Danino, Sarsuti is a corruption of the word Sarasvati, and the 6–8 km wide channel of the Sarsuti–Ghaggar system may have once been the Sarasvati River mentioned in the Rig Veda. (Chapter 1, page 12)
See also
Western Yamuna Canal, branches off Yamuna Markanda river, Haryana, a tributary of Sarsuti Dangri river, a tributary of Sarsuti Kaushalya river, a tributary of Ghaggar-Hakra River Chautang, a tributary of Ghaggar-Hakra River Sutlej, a tributary of Indus Ganges Indus
References
External links
Sarasvati-Sindhu civilization and Sarasvati River The Saraswati: Where lies the mystery by Saswati Paik