Sutlej
Sutlej
The Sutlej River or the Satluj River is a major river in Asia, flowing through China, India and Pakistan, and is the longest of the five major rivers of the Punjab region. It is also known as Satadru; and is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River. The combination of the Sutlej and Chenab rivers in the plains of Punjab forms the Panjnad, which finally flows into the Indus River at Mithankot.
"O Gangaa, Yamunaa, Sarasvati, Shutudri (Sutlej), Parushni (Ravi), hear my praise! Hear my call, O Asikni (Chenab), Marudvridhaa (Maruvardhvan), Vitastaa (Jhelum) with Aarjikiyaa and Sushomaa First you flow united with Trishtaamaa, with Susartu and Rasaa, and with Svetyaa, O Sindhu (Indus) with Kubhaa (Kabul) to Gomati (Gumal or Gomal), with Mehatnu to Krumu (Kurram), with whom you proceed together"
Sutlej"This early confluence of the Sutlej and Beas was by no means the end of the matter. Both rivers have separated and rejoined several times in the last 2000 years."
Sutlej"The Mahaabhaarata tells us how the great rishi Vasishtha, sorely distressed when he found that all his sons had been killed by his arch rival Vishvaamitra, wished to end his life He tried various ways, but the elements always refused to cooperate; the sea or rivers into which he repeatedly hurled himself, bound with ropes or weighed with stones, stubbornly cast him back ashore Thinking he was a ball of fire, the last river he plunged into ‘immediately flew in a hundred different directions, and has been known ever since by the name of the Shatadru, the river of a hundred courses’ Here again, the textual tradition is in accordance with what we find on the ground in the form of the Sutlej’s multiple channels"
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