The Rigveda refers to a number of rivers located in the northwestern Indian subcontinent , from Gandhara to Kurukshetra .
4-691: Seven Rivers may refer to: Rigvedic rivers , in the northwestern Indian subcontinent Seven Rivers, New Mexico , United States Seven Rivers Warriors Seven Rivers Formation Seven Rivers Cycling Team , a professional road bicycle racing team in Astana, Kazakhstan Seven Rivers of Gondor , in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings Seven Rivers, The Series , an extensive written work, by Johnny B. L. Burke See also [ edit ] River Seven , in North Yorkshire, England Topics referred to by
8-426: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rigvedic rivers Identification of Rigvedic hydronyms has engaged multiple historians; it is the single most important way of establishing the geography and chronology of the early Vedic period . Rivers with certain identifications stretch from eastern Afghanistan to the western Gangetic plain , clustering in
12-606: The Punjab . The Rigveda mentions the sapta-sindhavaḥ ( Sanskrit : सप्तसिन्धवः , seven rivers), along with other rivers: “He has surveyed eight summits of the Earth, three shore or desert regions, seven rivers.” ( aṣṭaú vy àkhyat kakúbhaḥ pr̥thivyā́s trī́ dhánva yójanā saptá síndhūn RV.I.35.8). Sapta-sindhavaḥ is cognate with Avestan hapta həndu , and is interpreted as referring to Punjab. The region's name comes from پنج, panj , 'five' and آب, āb , 'water' thus " five waters ",
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