| Saraswati River | |
| Map: | Sarasvati river.jpg |
| Source1 Location: | Rampur Herian (south of Adi Badri) Shivalik Hills, Haryana |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | India |
| Discharge1 Location: | Ghaggar river in Haryana |
| Tributaries Left: | Markanda river and Dangri |
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.[1] [2] [3] 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.[3]
The Sarsuti is a small ephemeral stream that rises in the Sivalik Hills of south-eastern Himachal Pradesh in India, and flows through Haryana.[4] It is palaeochannel of Yamuna before Yamuna shifted towards east due to plate tectonics of Earth's crust.[4] 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.[5] [6]
. 2002 . 4 May 2015 . Kharag Singh Valdiya . K.S. . 9788173714030 . Valdiya . Saraswati : the river that disappeared . Orient Longman . Hyderabad . 23–27.
. 2010 . 4 May 2015 . Michel Danino . Michel . Danino . The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī . Penguin Books India . New Delhi . 12 . 9780143068648. (Chapter 1, page 12)