An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.279

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**Sarasvatī valley**, the river anciently held holy, taking its rise in the outer Himalayas as an insignificant nullah and joining the Somb-nadi near Ad Badri where it debouches from the hills in Jagadhri Tahsil of Dt Ambala, the joint course turning e.wards to join the Yamuna near Dadupur. But the old course of the river is today represented by a drain called the Sarsuti (Sarasvatī). This traditional bed is irregularly preserved in Jagadhri Tahsil till it reaches Mustafabad, whence it takes a s.-w. course, its flood-plain fairly traceable along BHAGWANPURA², Khairi, Pipli and KURUKSHETRA, all in Dt Kurukshetra. Passing by PEHOVA and THEH POLAR it enters Panjab State at Bahr Pissaur and joins the GHAGGAR at Satrana in Dt Patiala. But anciently the stream seems to have flowed independently through the Rangoi bed along Jakhal in Dt Sangrur and Chimun, Hijrawan, BANAWALI and SIRSA in Dt Hissar and then joined the Ghaggar, locally called *nālī*, about 11 km w. of Sirsa. Its downward course is the same as that of the GHAGGAR or *nālī* in Dt Ganganagar of Rajasthan and Hakra in Dt Bahawalpur of Pakistan. In Pakistan the Hakra bed has been traced to some 240 km along Fort Abbas, Marot Fort, Lurewala, etc., and its continuation is marked by the Nara bed in Sind through which it flowed into the Rann of Kutch.