Overview
- Weaves geological narratives in the context of archeological finds and graphic descriptions in classical literature of a snow-fed river that once supported a vibrant Indian civilization together with its chartering by explorers
- Sheds new light on the phenomenon of stream piracy and consequent vanishing of rivers, bringing about hiatal environmental and socioeconomic changes
- Explores the possibilities of, and suggests measures for, tapping groundwater in desert-like terrains
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Society of Earth Scientists Series (SESS)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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About this book
This book portrays the Himalayan-born River Saraswati, a legendary river that was the lifeline of a progressive and vibrant society for more than three thousand years. Written in simple language and richly illustrated, it highlights the events that resulted in the robbing of the Saraswati of its water and the end of a wonderful culture. The author weaves a geological narrative out of a mass of data generated by explorers, archaeologists, sedimentologists, geohydrologist, seismologists and remote-sensing specialists. The story explains how a great Himalayan river disappeared and how the Harappan Civilization vanished from the banks of the river Saraswati more than three and half thousand years ago in the wake of tectonic upheavals in the foothills of the Himalaya at a time when the rainfall had drastically declined. And it reveals that nowadays the Saraswati is an extraordinary wide water-less channel coursing through the vast but dry floodplain in western India.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Prehistoric River Saraswati, Western India
Book Subtitle: Geological Appraisal and Social Aspects
Authors: K.S. Valdiya
Series Title: Society of Earth Scientists Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44224-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-44223-5Published: 16 September 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83015-5Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-44224-2Published: 10 September 2016
Series ISSN: 2194-9204
Series E-ISSN: 2194-9212
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 136
Number of Illustrations: 53 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sedimentology, Structural Geology, Hydrogeology, Geomorphology, Archaeology