The Nadistuti sukta ("praise of the rivers") is hymn 10.75 of the Rigveda. The Rigveda (Sanskrit: , a tatpurusha compound of praise, verse and knowledge) is a collection of hymns (sūkta, the individual verses are called , plural ) counted among the four Hindu religious texts known as the s, and contains the oldest texts preserved in any Indo-Iranian language. ...

It is important for the reconstruction of the geography of the Vedic civilization. Sindhu (the Indus) is addressed as the mightiest of rivers and addressed specificallly in verses 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9. The Vedic Civilization is the Indo-Aryan culture associated with the Vedas, the earliest known records of Indian history. ... The Indus (सिन्‍धु नदी) (known as Sindhu in ancient times) is the principal river of Pakistan. ...

In verse 5, the rishi enumerates ten rivers, beginning with the Ganga and moving westwards: In Hinduism, a Rishi () is a sage and/or seer who heard (cf. ... The River Ganges (Ganga in Indian languages) is a major river in northern India. ...

1. Ganga
2. Yamuna
3. Sutudri
4. Parusni
5. Sarasvati
6. Asikni
7. Vitasta
8. Marudvrdha
9. Arjikiya
10. Susoma

verse 6 adds Mehatnu, Kabhu, Krumu and Gomati, and verse 8 Silamavati and Urnavati. The River Ganges (Ganga in Indian languages) is a major river in northern India. ... Confluence of Yamuna River and Tons River Yamuna (sometimes called Jamuna) is a major river of northern India, with a total length of around 1370 km. ... The Sarasvati River is an ancient river that is mentioned in Hindu texts. ... The Kabul River is a river than originates Sanglakh Range of Afghanistan and flows 700km to join the Indus River in Pakistan. ...

The list is important for the recoustruction of the geography of the Vedic civilization. The Vedic Civilization is the Indo-Aryan culture associated with the Vedas, the earliest known records of Indian history. ...

Griffith (1896) in his footnote to 10.75.5, explains this arrangement as follows: Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826-1906), scholar of indology, translated the vedic scriptures into English. ...

"the poet addresses first the most distant rivers. Ganga: the Ganges is mentioned, indirectly, in only one other verse of the Rgveda, and even there, the word is said by some to be the name of a woman. See 6.45.31.”

More recent interpretations take the arrangement to corresponds to the eastward expansion of the Vedic culture. At the time of the hymns composition, it had expanded as far as the Gangetic plain, and the poet looks back west to the known lands already settled. Book 6 is one of the earliest of the Rigveda, while book 10 is one of the youngest, so that it would appear that the Ganges fell within the area under the control of Vedic culture only shortly before the codification of the Rigveda. The Indo-Gangetic Plain is a rich, fertile and ancient land encompassing most of northern and eastern India and parts of Pakistan. ...