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Sarasvati was a Himalayan River -- KS Valdiya (2013) rejects Giosan et al arguments

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Saraswati was a Himalayan River (Valdiya, KS, Current Science, Vol. 104, No. 1, January 2013)

CURRENT SCIENCE, VOL. 104, NO. 1, 10 JANUARY 2013, Pages 42 to 54.

http://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/104/01/0042.pdf

Abstract

Giosan and co-workers contend that the ‘mythical’ Saraswati River was not a glacier-fed Himalayan river. Questioning the findings of Indian archaeologists and geologists, they postulate that the Saraswati was a monsoonal river originating in the foothills of the Siwalik Hills and did not water the heartland of the Harappan Civilization. Reduction in its discharges due to weakening of the monsoon rains resulted in its drying up, leading to the demise of the Harappa Civilization. I have put forth a number of evidences gathered in the last 10–15 years to show that their arguments are not acceptable and by giving eloquent examples have asserted that the climate is not the only cause of all changes occurring on the surface of the Earth, and that there are other factors, some more powerful, which bring about changes.

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