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so you know ahan 
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No they are different. Rigveda places saraswati river between Yamuna and the Sutlej rivers. Later vedic texts and even the Mahabharata mentions that the river dried up and the region became a desert . According to Hindu scriptures, a journey was made during the Mahabharata by Balrama along the banks of the Saraswati from Dwarka to Mathura. There were ancient kingdoms too (the era of the Mahajanapads), that lay in parts of north rajasthan; that were named on the saraswati river.
*Researchers believe that upliftment of the Aravallis led to the westward migration of Saraswati River system due to fault-controlled movements. The faults have been and continue to be active, registering various sideways and up–down movements in the geological past. As a consequence, there was uplift and sinking or horizontal (lateral) displacement of the ground. Under such tectonophysiographic upheavals, the rivers and streams were frequently forced to change their courses, sometimes gradually, sometimes abruptly, as seen on satellite images.
Evidence from survey fieldwork and recent satellite imagery have been adduced to suggest that the Ghaggar-Hakra system in the undetermined past had the Sutlej and the Yamuna as tributaries, with the Rann of Kutch as the likely remains of its delta. In this scenario, geological changes diverted the Sutlej towards the Indus and the Yamuna towards the Ganges, following which the river did not have enough water to reach the sea any more and dried up in the Thar desert.
The wide river bed (paleo-channel) of the Ghaggar river suggest that the river once flowed full of water during the great meltdown of the Himalayan Ice Age glaciers, some 10,000 years ago, and that it then continued through the entire region, in the presently dry channel of the Hakra River, possibly emptying into the Rann of Kutch. It supposedly dried up due to the capture of its tributaries by the Indus system and the Yamuna river, and later on, additionally, the loss of water in much of its catchment area due to deforestation and overgrazing. It has been proposed that the Sarasvati of the early Rigveda corresponds to the Ghaggar-Hakra before these changes took place (the “Old Ghaggar”), and the late Vedic end Epic Sarasvati disappearing in the desert to the Ghaggar-Hakra following the diversion of Sutlej and Yamuna.[SUP][24]](Saraswati River - Wikipedia)[/SUP] This is supposed by some to have happened at the latest in 1900 BCE [SUP][25]](Saraswati River - Wikipedia)[/SUP][SUP][26]](Saraswati River - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
(Wikipedia)*
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Nice info. We discussed HakRa in another thread:
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/indo-pak-history/542713-hakra-a-mythological-river-of-rohi.html
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Yes a little bit. I think the city was built in Akbar’s era on GT Road and he made a city with same name on the other end of GT Road.
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What does Vastava means? Is it salvation? Mukti
Suvastu-->SriVastu
I am just speculating
Sri->Holy and Su->Good
Vastu->abode or place or dwelling . The underlying root is vas "to dwell, live, stay, abide"
So Srivastu/Suvastu ---> holy abode ?
Just putting together the meaning from my understanding of the Sanskrit language.
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Suvastu-->SriVastu I am just speculating Sri->Holy and Su->Good Vastu->abode or place or dwelling . The underlying root is vas "to dwell, live, stay, abide" So Srivastu/Suvastu ---> holy abode ? Just putting together the meaning from my understanding of the Sanskrit language.
this integration + disintegration makes sense :)
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Yes a little bit. I think the city was built in Akbar's era on GT Road and he made a city with same name on the other end of GT Road.
Samjh nhi aya Zara details de
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Any one knows history behind the names of Cheecha Watni, Cheechoo ki Maliyan, Timbaktu?
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There are two leading folk etymologies proposed for the name Chichawatni. The first asserts that the 7th century Raja Dahir named the town Chichawatni – meaning "City of Chach" – for his father, Maharaja Chach of Alor. According to the second etymology, the name is derived from a Hindu family who lived in the area in antiquity, with the father of the family being named Chicha and the mother Watni.
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But isn’t Cheechawatni somewhere near Sahiwal? Raja Dahir’s government covered area upto Multan.
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yea its the main city of Sahiwal District, m thinking zayda tar naam hi un say paray hain, mughal kya kartay rahay
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Mughal Pura, Sheikhupura, Shahjahanabad (Delhi), banane main busy the
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The town of Sanghar, the district headquarters, was formerly a small village that has been populated since the 18th century. It was named after a pious fisher-woman, Mai Singhar; for more than a century, it remained a small village with a population of few hundreds.
After the 1853 invasion by Charles Napier, Sindh was divided into provinces and was assigned Zamindars, also known as "Wadera", to collect taxes for the British. Sindh was later made part of British India's Bombay Presidency, and became a separate province in 1935. During this period Sanghar obtained the status of Taluka, an administrative subdivision, and was alternatively included in districts of Nawabshah and Tharparkar. In 1954 it was given the status of District-Headquarters.
The people of the District, specifically the Hurs, played a vital role in independence of Pakistan. The Hurs were an organised military rebel group led by Pir Syed Sabghatullah Shah Pagaro Shaheed, popularly known as Pir Pagara, that sought independence from the British Raj (Colonist). They fought a Guerrilla Warfare against the British military, and were always a thorn in the side of British Raj. It has been said that this warfare was one of the major nail in the coffin of British Raj in India.
According to the legend the bodies of Sohni Mahiwal, the titular heroes of one of the four popular tragic romances of Sindh, were recovered from the Indus River near Shahdadpur city and are buried there. The Tomb of Sohni is situated in Shahdadpur, which is 40 km from Sanghar and 75 km from Hyderabad. *(Its interesting that in Punjab the folktale is connected with river Chenab, far from the areas of Shahdadpur, which is probably on the banks of river Indus)
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ok you didnt told me about attock
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ok you didnt told me about attock
Did you remind me? OK will post tonight
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Reminding you now 
History of city names
DA yeh bhulakar hain.
History of city names
Muqaw which city was that once you told me its on someone's horse name?
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Hmm that’s why they have chandka medical college
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Muqaw which city was that once you told me its on someone's horse name?
Jehlum on the name of Alexandre's horse