Ravi River (Hindi: रावी, Punjabi: ਰਾਵੀ, Urdu: راوی‎ ) is a trans-boundary river flowing through Northwestern India and eastern Pakistan. It is one of the six rivers of the Indus System in Punjab region.
According to ancient history traced to Vedas, the Ravi River was known as Iravati (also spelt Airavati).
Part of the battle of the ten kings was fought on a River, which according to Yaska (Nirukta 9.26) refers to the Iravati River (Ravi River) in the Punjab.
The Ravi River originates in the Himalayas in the Multhan tehsil of Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, India.
Ravi River flows through the base of Dalhousie hill, past the Chamba town. It flows into the south-west, near Dalhousie, and then cuts a gorge in the Dhauladhar Range, before entering the Punjab plain near Madhopur and Pathankot. It then flows along the Indo–Pak border for 80 kms before entering Pakistan and joining the Chenab River.
As the Ravi flows past Lahore in Pakistan, 26 kms below Amritsar in India) it is called "The river of Lahore" since that city is on its eastern bank. After passing through Lahore the river takes a turn at Kamlia and then debouches into the Chenab River, south of the town of Ahmadpur Sial. On its western bank is the town of Shahdara Bagh with the tomb of Jahangir and the Tomb of Noor Jahan.
↑ Hastings, James (2003). Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 18. Kessinger Publishing. p. 605. ISBN 0-7661-3695-7.
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