Tangri river
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Ghaggar-Hakra Sarasvati rivers and tributaries
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| Native name | तांगरी नदी, टांगरी नदी |
| Country | India |
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| Main source | Shivalik Hills, Himachal Pradesh |
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The Tangri river (Hindi: तांगरी नदी and टांगरी नदी) is a tributary of Ghaggar river in of Haryana state of India.
The Tangri river originates in the Shivalik hills on the border of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh State, and flows along the haryana and Punjab, India border before meeting with Ghaggar river at the confluence.
The basin is classified in two parts, Khadir and Bangar, the higher area that is not flooded in rainy season is called Bangar and the lower flood-prone area is called Khadar.
Several modern scholars identify the old Ghaggar-Hakra River (of which Tangri river is a tributary) as the Sarasvati river and the Chautang river with the Drishadvati river of Vedic period, on the banks of which Indus-Sarasvati civilisation developed. such scholars include Gregory Possehl,J. M. Kenoyer,Bridget and Raymond Allchin,Michael Witzel,Kenneth Kennedy,Franklin Southworth, and numerous Indian archaeologists.
Gregory Possehl and Jane McIntosh refer to the Ghaggar-Hakra river as "Sarasvati" throughout their respective 2002 and 2008 books on the Indus Civilisation.
Gregory Possehl states:
"Linguistic, archaeological, and historical data show that the Sarasvati of the Vedas is the modern Ghaggar or Hakra."
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