Re: [cybalist] SV: Re: avestan and vedic

From: John Croft
Message: 2147
Date: 2000-04-19

Manuel Rosario asked

> Can anyone tell me where is that river?

about my post
> > > As for the Vedic language, I know that the River Saraswati is
> > > mentioned in the early Vedas, and on geological evidence that is
> > > supposed to have dried up about 1,500 BCE.

Yes, the Saraswati or Sarasvati River was one which flowed through
what is today the Thar desert separating India and Pakistan.
Its course seem to have flowed into the Indus south of the
Punjab. Climatic change associated some think, in part from
anthropogenic (human caused) action (forest clearing and overgrazing)
resulted in its disappearance about 3,500 years ago.

Hope this helps

John