"It is obvious that in north and west Rajasthan tectonically changed paleochannel configurations were a major factor which affected the human settlements, perhaps from the pre-Harappan times onwards. Major diversions cut off the vital tributaries and growing desiccation . . . dried up the once mighty Saraswati and Drishadvati rivers."
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Agrawal, D.P., The Indus CivilizationĀ°, p. 304.in Danino, M. (2010). The lost river : on the trail of the SarasvatÄ«. Penguin Books India.
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