SAPTASINDHU-THE LAND OF SEVEN RIVERS.
RIG VEDA, THE EARLY VEDIC TEXT DESCRIBES THE BOUNDARIES OF ARYANS IN ANCIENT INDIA. THE AREA RULED BY ARYANS WAS SAPTASINDHU OR SAPTASINDHAVA, THE LAND OF SEVEN RIVERS. IT COMPRISED OF MODERN DAY EAST AFGINASTHAN, PUNJAB(PRE PARTITIONED INDIA) AND SOME PARTS OF WESTERN UTTAR PRADESH. THE RIVERS SYSTEM COMPRISES OF INDUS ALONG WITH ITS TRIBUTARIES. RIG VEDA ALSO MENTIONS ABOUT RIVER GANGA, YAMUNA AND SARASWATI BUT NO NARMADA. THE REGION BETWEEN YAMUNA AND SUTLEJ AND WAS CALLED BRAHMAVARTA. IN RIG VEDA WORD SAMUDRA IS ALSO FOUND WHICH MEANS COLLECTION OF WATER NOT THE SEA.
RIG VEDIC NAMES OF INDUS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
| MODERN NAMES | RIGVEDIC NAMES |
| INDUS | SINDHU |
| JHELUM | VITASE |
| CHENAB | ASIKNI |
| RAVI | PARUSHNI |
| BEAS | VIPAS |
| SUTLEJ | SUTUDRI |
| GOMATI | GUMAL |
| KURRAM | KRUMU |
| GHAGGAR | DRISHADVATI |
