"But it seems likely... that Sarasvati/Harakhvati was the name for the Helmand. Otherwise it is difficult to understand how Sarasvati could be put between Sindhu and Sarayu as the major intervening river in RV X, 64.9."
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Lal, B. B. (2002). The Sarasvatī flows on : the continuity of Indian culture. Aryan Books International. 10-11
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