Sarasvati: Tracing the death of a river Did this interview with Michel Danino, for the paper today. Danino in his latest book The Lost River: On the Trail of the Sarasvati, traces the death of the river Sarasvati. Pasting the complete interview after this. The common belief that the invisible river Sarasvati meets the Ganga and the Yamuna at the Prayag in Allahabad is just that: a belief. After the collapse of the Harappan civilization some of the Late Harappans moved eastward, crossing Ganga, and it is likely that they did not want to forget the sacred river. So they restored it in the new location, but as an invisible river, says Michel Danino, a Frenchman, who has lived in India for more than 25 years and has most recently authored The Lost River: On the Trail of the Sarasvati (Penguin Books India, 2010). In this interview he speaks to Vivek Kaul. A large number people believe that the search for the lost river Sarasvati is a very recent phenomenon. Is that true? dnaindia/blogs/post-sarasvati-tracing-the-death-of-a-river-1581502
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 17:12:04 +0000
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