The Sutlej, also known as Satluj, is the longest of the five rivers of Punjab (five waters) that flows through Northern India, with its source in Tibet near Mount Kailash. It receives the Beas River in the state of Punjab, India and continues into Pakistan to join Chenab river to form Panjnad river which furthur joins Indus river at Mithankot. Sutlej was known as Shatadru or Sutudri to Indians in Vedic period and Zaradros to Greeks. Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (Meaning: Land of five Rivers) (also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Shahmukhi: پنجاب) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: Xīzàng; older spelling Thibet) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Mount Kailash (also Mount Kailas, Kailasa or Kangrinbogê Feng 30. ... The Beas River runs through the Northwestern Indian provinces of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. ... Punjab, 1903 Punjab Province, 1909 The Punjab (Meaning: Land of five Rivers) (also Panjab, Gurmukhi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, Shahmukhi: پنجاب) is a region straddling the border between India and Pakistan. ... The Chenab River rises in the Himalayan ranges of Kashmir and flows through the plains of the Punjab, forming the boundary between the Rechna and the Jech Doabs. ... The Panjnad river (panj = five, nadi = river) is a river formed by successive confluence of the five rivers of Punjab, namely Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. ... The Indus is a river; the Indus River. ... Mithankot (a. ...

The waters of the river are allocated to India under the Indus water treaty between India and Pakistan. At present, most of its water is diverted to irrigation canals and used up in India. [1]Bhakra-Nangal dam is a huge multipurpose dam on the river.

There is substantial evidence to indicate that Sutlej was once an important tributary of the Sarasvati river, instead of the Indus river. Due to some natural tectonic convulsion of earth, Sutlej changed its course to join the Beas river. This resulted in drying of Saraswati, desertification of Cholistan and Sind, and abandonment of numerous ancient human settlements along the Saraswati river. The Hindu Vedas mention a river named Sarasvatī. In Sanskrit saras means a pool or water body, and vatī (from vnt-ī, the female form of the -vant suffix) means she having lots of pools. Sarasvati was the biggest and most important of the seven holy rivers of the Rig Veda. ... Cholistan is a desert located in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. ...