An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c14.s2.15

v1.c14.s2.15

1. At the end of Tertiary and the beginning of Quaternary periods w. Rajasthan was a basin through which flowed the drainage from the Himalayas as well as the Aravallis. Thick and extensive gravel formations as seen at Jayal in Dt Nagaur and at Mokhari s. of Phalodi in Dt Jodhpur strongly show that the rivers flowing through the desert were of considerable size and were carrying high discharges. This drainage slowly filled the basin with sediments of up to 100 m thickness. Evidence for this aggradation occurs all over the desert from Jayal in the e. through Dhechu in the c. to Dhanana and Gadra on the Pakistan border in the w. and Jalor in the s.