Tuesday, April 8, 2008  Is the Saraswati Still Flowing
Underground  [ Update: Please refer to these posts for the
latest results on the river Ghaggar  1) Yamuna and Sutlej
stopped flowing into the Ghaggar by Early Holocene 2) Fluvial
History and the Fortunes of the Harappan Civilization   ] 3)
K.S. Valdiya on the glacial Saraswati in Current Science   I
have been working on this on and off for the past few days. The
Times of India (March 31 2008, couldn't find it online) carried
a big new report on how the governments of Haryana and Rajasthan
are trying to revive the ancient lost river Saraswati which
Indologists have identified as the ephemeral river Ghaggar which
flows through Haryana and Rajasthan. The news reports had lots
of stuff about ancient channels under the Thar desert and as
expected lots of misconceptions about geological terms and
concepts. I thought I will clarify some of the geological
understanding regarding the river Ghaggar /Saraswati.  1) Where
is the river Saraswati?  There are many Saras