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The Beas River also known as the Biás or Bias, (Sanskrit: विपाशा Vipāśā; Hyphasis), is a river in north India. [1]

39 relations: Alexander the Great, Amritsar, Ancient Greece, Chenab River, Drainage basin, Gurjara-Pratihara, Himachal Pradesh, Himalayas, Hoshiarpur, Hydroelectricity, India, Indus River, Indus Waters Treaty, Jalandhar, James Douie, Kangra district, Kapurthala, Kullu, Mahipala I, Mandi district, Mithankot, Pakistan, Pandoh Dam, Panjnad River, Pong Dam, Punjab, India, Punjab, Pakistan, Rajashekhara, Rohtang Pass, Sanskrit, Sivalik Hills, South Asian river dolphin, Sutlej, Talwara, The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Uch, Vedas, Vyasa, World Digital Library.

Alexander the Great

Alexander III of Macedon (20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great (Aléxandros ho Mégas), was a king (basileus) of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.

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Amritsar

Amritsar, historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, is a city in north-western India which is the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar district - located in the Majha region of the Indian state of Punjab.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 13th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (AD 600).

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Chenab River

The Chenab River (चेनाब; ਚਨਾਬ,; چناب) is a major river that flows in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.

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Gurjara-Pratihara

The Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty, also known as the Pratihara Empire, was an imperial power during the Late Classical period on the Indian subcontinent, that ruled much of Northern India from the mid-7th to the 11th century.

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Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh (literally "snow-laden province") is a Indian state located in North India.

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Himalayas

The Himalayas, or Himalaya, form a mountain range in Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

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Hoshiarpur

Hoshiarpur is a city and a municipal corporation in Hoshiarpur district in the Doaba region of the Indian state of Punjab.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indus River

The Indus River (also called the Sindhū) is one of the longest rivers in Asia.

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Indus Waters Treaty

The Indus Waters Treaty (English) or सिंधु जल संधि (Hindi) or "سندھ طاس معاہدہ" (Urdu) is a water-shareing treaty between India and Pakistan, brokered by the World Bank (then the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) The Guardian, Monday 3 June 2002 01.06 BST The treaty was signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960 by the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and then President of Pakistan Ayub Khan.

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Jalandhar

Jalandhar, formerly known as Jullundur in British India, is a city in the Doaba region of the northwestern Indian state of Punjab.

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James Douie

Sir James McCrone Douie (8 March 1854 – 18 March 1935) was a British colonial official who served briefly as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab.

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Kangra district

Kangra is the most populous district of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, India.

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Kapurthala

Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India.

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Kullu

Kullu or Kulu is the capital town of the Kullu district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

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Mahipala I

Mahipala I (913–944) ascended the throne of Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty after his step brother Bhoj II.

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Mandi district

Mandi district (earlier known as Mandavya Nagar) is one of the central districts of Himachal Pradesh state in northern India.

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Mithankot

Mithankot (مِٹھّن کوٹ), is a city in southern Punjab, Pakistan (Rajanpur District).

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Pakistan

Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.

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Pandoh Dam

The Pandoh Dam is an embankment dam on the Beas River in Mandi district of Himachal Pradesh, India.

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Panjnad River

Panjnad River (Urdu/Punjabi Shahmukhi: پنجند, (panj.

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Pong Dam

The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam on the Beas River in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India, just upstream of Talwara.

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Punjab, India

Punjab is a state in northern India.

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Punjab, Pakistan

Punjab (Urdu, Punjabi:, panj-āb, "five waters") is Pakistan's second largest province by area, after Balochistan, and its most populous province, with an estimated population of 110,012,442 as of 2017.

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Rajashekhara

Rajashekhara was an eminent Sanskrit poet, dramatist and critic.

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Rohtang Pass

Rohtang Pass (रोहतांग दर्रा) (Bhoti: རོ་ཐང་། Rohtang, lit: རོ་ (Ro)- corpse, ཐང་། (thang)- plain/field Polgreen, Lydia "". New York Times. Accessed 31 July 2010. due to people working in CBRE dying in bad weather trying to cross the pass) (elevation), is a high mountain pass on the eastern Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas around from Manali.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Sivalik Hills

The Sivalik Hills is a mountain range of the outer Himalayas.

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South Asian river dolphin

The South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) is an endangered freshwater or river dolphin found in the Indian subcontinent which is split into two subspecies, the Ganges river dolphin (P. g. gangetica)(~3,500 individuals) and the Indus river dolphin (P. g. minor)(~1,500 individuals).

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Sutlej

The Sutlej River (alternatively spelled as Satluj River) (सतलुज, ਸਤਲੁਜ, शतद्रुम (shatadrum), is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the historic crossroads region of Punjab in northern India and Pakistan. The Sutlej River is also known as Satadree. It is the easternmost tributary of the Indus River. The 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. There are several major hydroelectric projects on the Sutlej, including the 1,000 MW Bhakra Dam, the 1,000 MW Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant, and the 1,530 MW Nathpa Jhakri Dam. The river basin area in India is located in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Haryana states.

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Talwara

Talwara is a census town in Hoshiarpur district in the Indian state of Punjab.

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The Imperial Gazetteer of India

The Imperial Gazetteer of India was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work.

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Uch

Uch (اوچ; "Ūch"), frequently referred to as Ūch Sharīf (اوچ شریف; "Noble Uch"), is an historic city in the southern part of Pakistan's Punjab province.

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Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas (Sanskrit: वेद, "knowledge") are a large body of knowledge texts originating in the ancient Indian subcontinent.

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Vyasa

Vyasa (व्यास, literally "Compiler") is a central and revered figure in most Hindu traditions.

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World Digital Library

The World Digital Library (WDL) is an international digital library operated by UNESCO and the United States Library of Congress.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beas_River

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