The Bhakra Dam is built around the river Sutlej to provide irrigation and other facilities to the states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana.
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Source of the Sutlej is west of the catchment area of Lake Rakshastal in Tibet, as springs in an ephemeral stream.
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Sutlej is an antecedent river, which existed before the Himalayas and entrenched itself while they were rising.
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The Zhangzhung built a towering palace in the Upper Sutlej Valley called Kyunglung, the ruins of which still exist today near the village of Moincer, southwest of Mount Kailash.
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Sutlej river formed the eastern boundary of the Sikh Empire under Maharajah Ranjit Singh.
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Today, the Sutlej Valley is inhabited by nomadic descendants of the Zhangzhung, who live in tiny villages of yak herders.
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Sutlej was the main medium of transportation for the kings of that time.
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Four rivers mythically flowing out of holy Lake Manasarovar, the Sutlej is actually connected by channels that are dry most of the time.
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