Death of Saraswati- a time frame
1. 4700 BP - Kalibangan earthquake. This led to creation & activation of Yamuna tear faults in the Siwalik hills.
2. 3700 BP- Yamuna moves eastward towards Ganga, abandoning Saraswati that loses >50% of its water volume
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1. 4700 BP - Kalibangan earthquake. This led to creation & activation of Yamuna tear faults in the Siwalik hills.
2. 3700 BP- Yamuna moves eastward towards Ganga, abandoning Saraswati that loses >50% of its water volume
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3. 4200 BP- Second earthquake in Dholavira, which led to the next episode of tectonic shifts and creation of new faults lines.
4. By 2600 BP Satlej turns westward, abandons Saraswati, and joins Sindhu (Indus). Now Saraswati loses almost its entire volume of the glacier waters.
4. By 2600 BP Satlej turns westward, abandons Saraswati, and joins Sindhu (Indus). Now Saraswati loses almost its entire volume of the glacier waters.
5. Between 2600-2500 BP, from being a perennial ice-fed river, Saraswati now becomes a weak rain-fed stream. Unfortunately, owing to the monotonic weakening of Monsoons in the Siwalik areas that had set in long back, the rain-fed stream could not retain the previous heavy flow.
6. Further tectonic activities that created ridges (across Haryana and Rajasthan) turned this already dying rain-fed stream into a series of lakes & pools (the water bodies r still visible from flights). As the mighty Saraswati dies, people migrate to the Ganga Yamuna doab areas.
Ref: Valdiya, 2002, Saraswati: The River that disappeared.
Dr. Valdiya was a geologist and India’s one of the leading experts on geodynamics.
Dr. Valdiya was a geologist and India’s one of the leading experts on geodynamics.
Please note: prof Valdiya is a very respected name and his papers prove with geological evidences that the Saraswati was not a mythical river (as the Marxist “academicians” had turned it to be)
BP is Before Present.
As for example 4700 BP is equivalent to 2700 BCE (Before Common Era).
As for example 4700 BP is equivalent to 2700 BCE (Before Common Era).
I was asked about the origin of Saraswati when it was full flowing. It is believed that the River Tons was the upper head of Saraswati that was glacier fed. It ran parallel to Yamuna & the latter met it on the plains in Haryana. Tons moved away with Yamuna, cutting off the head.
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