•   Sapta Sindhu (Seven Rivers) play a prominent part in the hymns of the Rigveda, and consequently in early Vedic religion.

•   Theser 7 Rivers are following with their ancient names:

o  Sindhu- Indus

o  Vitasta- Jhelum

o  Askini- Chenab

o  Parushini- Ravi

o  Vipasha- Beas

o  Shatudri- Sutluj

o  Saraswati

•   It is the ancient name of River Sutlej.

•   It is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan.

•   It is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River. The Bhakra Dam is built around the river Sutlej.

•   It is a deified river first mentioned in the Rigveda.

•   Since the late 19th-century, numerous scholars have proposed to identify the Sarasvati with the Ghaggar-Hakra River system, which flows through northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, between the Yamuna and the Sutlej, and ends in the Thar desert.

•   It is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh.

•   The upper phase of the river Ganges begins at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers in the town of Devprayag in the Garhwal division of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.