10 Facts About Sutlej

1.

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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2.

Waters of the Sutlej are allocated to India under the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan, and are mostly diverted to irrigation canals in India like the Sirhind canal, Bhakra Main Line and the Rajasthan canal.

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3.

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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4.

Sutlej is an antecedent river, which existed before the Himalayas and entrenched itself while they were rising.

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5.

Upper Sutlej Valley, called Langqen Zangbo in Tibet, was once known as the Garuda Valley by the Zhangzhung, the ancient civilization of western Tibet.

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6.

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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7.

Sutlej river formed the eastern boundary of the Sikh Empire under Maharajah Ranjit Singh.

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8.

Today, the Sutlej Valley is inhabited by nomadic descendants of the Zhangzhung, who live in tiny villages of yak herders.

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9.

Sutlej was the main medium of transportation for the kings of that time.

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10.

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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