SSC MTS 2022 PYQ — Question 38

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Sindhu

The Vedic period, or the Vedic age (c. 1500 – c. 500 BCE), is the period in the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age of the history of India.
Rivers played a prominent part in the hymns of the Rigveda, and consequently in early Vedic religion.Síndhu - Identified with Indus was the central lifeline of Rig vedic period.

• The Rig Veda compares the sound of the flowing Sindhu to the roar of thunderstorm.
•  Later on, in the Vedic period, the word Sindhu came to denote the sea, from which the vastness of the river can be gauged.

• In the Ramayana, Sindhu is seen to be given the title "Mahanadi", which means "the mighty river".

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  In the Mahabharat, the Sindhu is reverentially mentioned along with other two holy rivers, the Ganga and Saraswati.

   

   

  Facts about sindhu

• A great Trans-Himalayan river, Sindhu is one of the longest rivers in the world with an astonishing length of 2900 km.  Rising in south-western Tibet, at an altitude of 16,000 feet, Sindhu enters the Indian Territory near Leh in Ladakh.
•  Its total drainage area is about 4, 50,000 square miles, of which 1, 75,000 square miles, lie in the Himalayan mountains and foothills.
• The mighty Indus when it enters the plains is joined by its famous five tributaries - the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej - giving Punjab --- "Land of five rivers" --- its name. 
•   It was along Sindhu river, that the world's first written language or the script was evolved. They called it "the language that can be seen".