Open AccessBudhi Ganga of Hastinapur: éclat of Ancient India
Author(s) -
Priyank Bharati
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal for research in applied science and engineering technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-9653
DOI - 10.22214/ijraset.2021.38282
Subject(s) - flood myth , geography , glory , settlement (finance) , capital city , ancient history , water resource management , archaeology , history , environmental science , physics , economic geography , world wide web , computer science , optics , payment
The old route of Ganges is known as Budhi Ganga, Burhganga or Boorh Ganga . Here the word Budhi might be denoted for the old bed of Ganges. In the regime of Nichakshu, the flood in the Ganges washed off the entire glory of the Kuru capital Hastinapur. It can only be imagined that how terrible the flood would be that the Ganges would have to change its flow. Afterward, Nichakshu shifted their capital from Hastinapur to Kaushambi (near Allahabad). The Timur invasion in India also shows the track of Budhi Ganga. In the time of Modern India, British Domination shows the route of Budhi Ganga in the Land settlement documents. The entire route of Budhi Ganga is crepuscular in Independent India. But in honor of the old bed of Ganges, even today a grand fair is organized on the land of Hastinapur on Kartik Purnima. In the present paper, we put the light on the old route of the Ganges from Saifpur Firozpur to Hastinapur. Keywords: Mahabharata, Ganga, Budhi Ganga, Hastinapur, Firozpur