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‘The identity of the first four rivers here enumerated . . . is…

Quote byAurel Stein · 1862–1943

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Stein, Sir Aurel, ‘On Some River Names in the Rigveda’, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1917, pp. 91-99. quoted in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India..

English (original)

‘The identity of the first four rivers here enumerated . . . is subject to no doubt. They correspond to the present Ganges, Jumna, Sarsuti, Sutlej . . . The order in which the first four are mentioned exactly agrees with their geographical sequence from east to west.’

— Aurel Stein

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