Beas River in Himachal Pradesh

Beas river and mountains as seen from Van Vihar, Manali

Beas in Himachal Pradesh

The Beas River (Punjabi: ਬਿਆਸ) is the second easternmost of the rivers of the Punjab. The river rises in the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh, India, and flows for some 290 miles (470 km) to the Sutlej River in western Punjab state. The river was also known as Arjiki or Vipas to the ancient Indians and the Hyphasis to the Ancient Greeks.

The present name Beas is thought to be a corruption of the word Vyas,the name of Veda Vyasa, the author of the great Hindu epic, the Mahabharata. The river is sometimes also referred to as Vipasha in Himachal, especially by the scholars. The eastern portions of Beas valley marks the eastern-most border of Alexander the Great\'s conquests in 326 BC.

The river begins at the Rohtang Pass in the state of Himachal Pradesh, and merges with the Sutlej at Harike Pattan south of Amritsar in Punjab, India. The Sutlej continues into Pakistani Punjab and joins the Chenab River at Uch to form the Panjnad River; the latter joins the Indus River at Mithankot. The waters of the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej rivers are allocated to India under the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan.

External links

• Himachal Pradesh
• The Geography of the Rigveda
• Photograph of Beas river at Solang Valley
• Migratory birds find new lake in Himachal

Geography of Himachal Pradesh
Lakes	Renuka Lake | Maharana Pratap Sagar | Gobind Sagar (more...)
Rivers	Beas | Chenab | Ravi | Sutlej | Yamuna
Districts	Bilaspur | Chamba | Hamirpur | Kangra | Kinnaur | Kullu | Lahul and Spiti | Mandi | Sirmaur | Shimla | Solan | Una
Other	Climate of Himachal Pradesh | Protected areas of Himachal Pradesh | List of peaks in Himachal Pradesh

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