Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s3.18

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c5.s3.18

4. Sarasvatī—modern Sarsūtī ; rises in Sirmur, passes by Thanesar in the Ambala District and loses itself in the sands of Patiala ; originally a large river flowing to the Arabian Sea ; in some cases, Hillebrandt is inclined to identify the Sarasvatī with Iranian Harakhvaiti (Helmund) which gave the name to Arachosia (the Kandahar region of Afghanistan).

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