Dohan river

Dohan / Duhan river
Vadhūsarā river
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CountryIndia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAravalli Range, From Alwar district and Sikar district of Rajasthan to Mahendragarh district of Haryana
Mouth 
 • location
Delhi
Length50 km (31 mi)
Discharge 
 • locationSahibi River in Haryana
Basin features
Waterbodiesbharti Check Dam

The Dohan river (IAST: Vadhūsarā), is a rain-fed river that originates at Mandholi village near Neem Ka Thana in Sikar district of Rajasthan and then disappears in Mahendragarh district in Haryana where it used to be a tributary of Sahibi River, which in turn is a still flowing tributary of Yamuna. Its canalised portion in one of its paleochannel in Haryana is called the "Outfall Drain No 8".

At Mandholi there is a small gomukh from where the river begins.[1][2][3]

Several Ochre Coloured Pottery culture sites (also identified as late Harappan phase of Indus Valley civilisation culture)[4] have been found along the banks of Krishnavati river, Sahibi river, Dohan river (tributary of Sahibi river) and Sota River (another tributary of sahibi river that merges with Sahibi at Behror in Alwar district).[5]

Basin

The Dohan river originates from Aravalli Range near the village of Mandholi from the western slopes of the Dohan Protected Forest hills and flows towards north-east. The Krishnavati river, another independent River, flows north-east for about 42 km in Rajasthan and subsequently disappears in Haryana. The drainage pattern for both is dendritic.

Tributaries

These west to north-west flowing rivers originate from the western slopes of Aravalli range in Rajasthan, flow through semi-arid historical Shekhawati region, drain into southern Haryana.

disappears in Mahendragarh district in Haryana much before reaching Sahibi river.

Archaeological findings

Earthenware (Pottery) found on the Sahibi riverbed by INTACH-Rewari, at Hansaka village, Rewari District, 2012

Archaeological findings on the Sahibi River have confirmed habitations on its banks before the Harappan and pre-Mahabharata periods. Both handmade and wheel-made earthenware dated from 3309–2709 BCE and 2879–2384 BCE has been found on the banks of the Sahibi River at Jodhpura. INTACH-Rewari found pottery on the Sahibi riverbed at Hansaka in the Rewari district. A red stone statue of Vamana Dev was found in the Sahibi riverbed near Bawal in 2002; the statue is now displayed at the Shri Krishna Museum, Kurukshetra.[citation needed] Other artifacts discovered in the Sahibi River include arrowheads, fishhooks, appearheads, awls, and chisels.[7]

Identification with Vedic rivers

See also: Drishadvati river

Several modern scholars identify the old Ghaggar-Hakra River (of which Tangri river is a tributary) as the Sarasvati river and the Sahibi River with the Drishadvati river of Vedic period, on the banks of which, as wll as the Indus, the Indus Valley civilisation developed. such scholars include Bhargava[8] The Drishadwati River formed one border of the Vedic state of Brahmavarta and was mentioned in the Rigveda, the Manusmriti, and the Brahmin Granths texts.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Sahibi river". Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Jain, A.K. (2009). River Pollution. APH Publishing. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-81-313-0463-1.
  3. ^ a b Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume, Vijai Shankar Śrivastava, 1981.ISBN 0391023586
  4. ^ Gupta, S.P., ed. (1995), The lost Sarasvati and the Indus Civilization, Jodhpur: Kusumanjali Prakashan
  5. ^ Cultural Contours of India: Dr. Satya Prakash Felicitation Volume, Vijai Shankar Śrivastava, 1981. ISBN 0391023586
  6. ^ Minerals and Metals in Ancient India: Archaeological evidence, Arun Kumar Biswas, Sulekha Biswas, University of Michigan. 1996. ISBN 812460049X.
  7. ^ A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India from the stone age to the 12th century, Pearson 2009, page 116
  8. ^ "Location of Brahmavarta and Drishadwati River is important to find earliest alignment of Saraswati River", Sudhir Bhargava, International Conference, 20–22 Nov. 2009, "Saraswati-a perspective" pages 114–117, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Organised by: Saraswati Nadi Shodh Sansthan, Haryana.

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