Rig Vedas

[Karachi]

This is a good read on Rig Vedas: The Geography of the Rigveda


As you can see below that most of the Rig Vedic rivers are located what is northern pakistan and Afghanistan.


THE RIGVEDIC RIVERS The rivers named in the Rigveda can be classified into five geographical categories:
1. The Northwestern Rivers (i.e. western tributaries of the Indus, flowing through Afghanistan and the north):
TRSTAmA (Gilgit)
Susartu
AnitabhA
RasA
SvetI
KubhA (Kabul)
Krumu (Kurrum)
GomatI (Gomal)
Sarayu (Siritoi)
Mehatnu
SvetyAvarI
Prayiyu (Bara)
Vayiyu
SuvAstu (Swat)
GaurI (Panjkora)
KuSavA (Kunar)

2. The Indus and its minor eastern tributaries:
Sindhu (Indus)
SuSomA (Sohan)
ArjIkIyA (Haro)

3. The Central Rivers (i.e. rivers of the Punjab):
VitastA (Jhelum)
AsiknI (Chenab)
ParuSNI (Ravi)
VipAS (Beas)
SuturI (Satlaj)
MarudvRdhA (Maruvardhvan)

4. The East-central Rivers (i.e. rivers of Haryana):
SarasvatI
DRSadvatI/HariyUpIyA/YavyAvatI
ApayA

5. The Eastern Rivers:
ASmanvatI (Assan, a tributary of the YamunA)
YamunA/AMSumatI
GaNgA/JahnAvI

[badmash_khel]

I have read somewhere that Sarasvati may either refer to Helmand river or Amur river but in other places people claim Sarasvati refers an extinct river in India. how accurate are these claims?

[Karachi]

I have read somewhere that Sarasvati may either refer to Helmand river or Amur river but in other places people claim Sarasvati refers an extinct river in India. how accurate are these claims?

I know western scholars have suggested that it is the Helmand river, But indian ones say it is on the pakistan/india border (Ghaggar-Hakra) which is dried up. Not really sure which is the real one