"Although the river below the confluence [with the Ghaggar] is marked in our maps as Gaggar, it was formerly the Saraswatī; that name is still known amongst the people."
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C.F. Oldham, 1893 quoted in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the Sarasvatī. Penguin Books India.
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Charles Frederick Oldham
1832 – 1913
Charles Frederick Oldham (1832-1913) was a British Indologist.
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