Sarasvati River System 
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schematic map; from the Haryana Irrigation Management Institute for the project of a
feeder canal from Dadupur (linking with Somb) to join Sarasvati, to keep her perennially
flowing up to Pehoa and beyond... Location maps of Har-ki-doon glacier,
origin of Sarasvati (Tons) River in relation to Yamunotri and Gangotri.
Solan
Solan / Paonta Sahib
Shatadru (Sutlej) River
Beas & Sutlej
Trekking Map (Yamunotri): Himalayas:
Har-ki-doon
trekking map
Netwar (Naitwar) is the place where the
Supin River from Har-ki-dun (Sarasvati) glacier and the Rupin River from Rupin glacier
join to form the Tons River. Har-ki-dun trek branches from the trekking route to Yamunotri
at a place called Navgaon.
People of Harkidun Valley
- The people of the valley are known as Parwati and
worship
Duryodhana as a god.Har-ki-Doon
Valley/Bandarpunch massif. Situated at an elevation of 3566 m , the valley of
Har-ki-Doon, is surrounded by glittering peaks and dense forests. The lush forest cover is
abundant in wildlife, and is a veritable paradise for bird-watchers and nature lovers. The
trek starts at Netwar, passes through Osla, and ends at Har-ki-Doon. The trek from Netwar
to Osla, is through dense forests of chestnuts, walnuts, willows and chinars. The trek
from Osla to Har-ki-Doon, is through terraced mountain fields, sylvan meadowsand conifer
forests.
Yamunotri/Tons Valley/Shivling massif. The ideal time to trek is during the rainy
season, when the
entire valley is abloom with vibrant flowers. During this season the starting point of the
trek, is Purola on the Purola - Netwar motor road. Over 1200 ancient archaeological sites (ca. 3000-1500 B.C.) have
been 
discovered on the banks of the Sarasvati River which flowed from
Harkidun glacier to the Gulf of Khambat (Arabian Sea). 
Map:
Ancient India: Haraquaiti River (Tributary of Kubha River, Afthanistan); Sarasvati
River (Witzel, 1987).
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"THE TREK" :Stage 1
: Starting at Netwar, trek 12 kms (1380 m) to Saur.Stage 2
: Trek 11 kms (1900 m) to Taluka. Stage 3: Trek 11 kms (2559m) to Osla. Stage 4: Trek 8 kms (3566 m) to Har-ki-Doon.
Pushkar; Rajasthan: Sarasvati
River, Tributary of Luni River.
Har-ki-dun Glacier,
Bandarpunch, W.Garhwal,Himalayas (Valdiya,1996).
Map: Chambal (later named Yamuna) River, 
a
southern tributary of Ganga captures Sarasvati (Tons) River at PaontaSaheb (Valdiya,
1996).
U-turn of Shatadru (Sutlej)
at Ropar; Sutlej joined ancient Sarasvati River at Shatrana (Valdiya, 1996).
Map: Satellite image: Palaeo Channels of
Sutlej and Sarasvati Rivers joining at Shatrana; Signatures Palaeo-Channels of west-ward
migration of Sutlej River (Yashpal, 1980). 
Map:
Satellite (LANDSAT) images, water-logging near Suratgarh:
palaeo-channel of
Sarasvati in Rajasthan (Suratgarh, Anupgarh)(Yashpal, 1980, NRSA, 1996)
. 
Map:
Satellite (LANDSAT) image: palaeo-channel of Sarasvati River: water-logging at
Suratgarh, disappearance of the channel into the desert at Anupgarh (Kalyanaraman, from UC, Santa Barbara, 1996)
Map: Sarasvati River: Dry
bed in Bahawalpur, Cholistan (Mughal, 1997). 
Map 1: Ancient Sarasvati: Shatadru and Yamuna confluence at Shatrana;
flowing into Rann of Kutch, Gujarat (Valdiya, 1996). 
Ancient Course of Sarasvati (Hakra) River
, dry river bed (Oldham).
Map included in Mohenjodaro Report
(Sarasvati) River (Marshall,
1931).
Map: Ancient Sarasvati river draining beyond Rann of Kutch, through Little Rann and Nal Lake into Gulf of Khambat (Nal Lake expands, during monsoon, into Little Rann and into Gulf of Khambat, cutting off the peninsula of Saurashtra from, Ahmedabad (S.R.Rao, Lothal Report; Gazetteers).
Satellite composite
NW India Satellite map
Satellite image
Mt. Everest in centre; curved lines are glacier
courses
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