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"Hydaspes" redirects here. For the historic battle, see Battle of the Hydaspes. The Battle of the Hydaspes River was a Battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against the Indian king Porus (Pururava
Jhelum River photographed during the summer periods.
Jhelum River photographed during the summer periods.

Jehlum River or Jhelum River (Punjabi: Shahmukhi: دریاۓ جہلم, Gurmukhi: ਜੇਹਲਮ, Kashmiri:Vyath) is the largest and most western of the five rivers of Punjab, and passes through Jhelum District. Punjabi may refer to The Punjabi language of Pakistan and India Punjabi grammar List of Punjabi Shahmukhi (, Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ਾਹਮੁਖੀ literally "from the King's mouth" is a local variant of the Arabic script Gurmukhī (ਗੁਰਮੁਖੀ Shahmukhi:) is the most common script used for writing the Punjabi language. Kashmiri (कॉशुर کٲشُر Koshur) is a Dardic language spoken primarily in the valley of Kashmir, a region situated in the Indian state Punjab ( ਪੰਜਾਬ پنجاب, पंजाब پنجاب also Panjab (پنجاب meaning "Land of the Five Rivers") (c Jhelum district ( Urdu: جہلم) is situated in Punjab province of Pakistan. It is a tributary of the Indus River and has a total length of about 480 miles (772 kilometers). The Indus River { Sanskrit: सिन्धु Sindhu; Urdu: urd {{Nastaliq سندھ}} Sindh; Sindhi: snd

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History

A photograph from 1900 shows a passenger traversing the river precariously seated in a small suspended cradle.
A photograph from 1900 shows a passenger traversing the river precariously seated in a small suspended cradle.

The river Jhelum was called Vitastā by the Rigvedic tribes in the Vedic period and Hydaspes by the ancient Greeks. The Indo-Aryan tribes mentioned in the Rigveda are described as semi- Nomadic pastoralists subdivided into temporary settlements ( vish, viś and headed The Vedic Period (or Vedic Age) is the period in the History of India during which the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism, were being The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca The Vitasta (Sanskrit: वितस्ता, fem. Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical , also, Vetastā) is mentioned as one of the major rivers by the holy scriptures of the Indo-Aryans — the Rigveda. The Rigveda ( Sanskrit sa ऋग्वेद ṛgveda, a compound of ṛc "praise verse" and veda "knowledge" It has been speculated that the Vitastā must have been one of the seven rivers (sapta-sindhu) mentioned so many times in the Rigveda. The name survives in the Kashmiri name for this river as Vyath.

The river was regarded as a god by the ancient Greeks, as were most mountains and streams; the poet Nonnus in the Dionysiaca (section 26, line 350) makes the Hydaspes a titan-descended god, the son of the sea-god Thaumas and the cloud-goddess Elektra. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Theophanes Nonnus was a Byzantine physician For the saint of this name see Saint Nonnus. Theophanes Nonnus was a Byzantine physician For the saint of this name see Saint Nonnus. In Greek mythology, the Titans ( Greek: Tītā́n; plural Tītânes) were a race of powerful Deities that ruled during the legendary In Greek mythology, Thaumas (Θαῦμας gen Θαύμαντος ( English translation: "wonder" was a sea God, son of Pontus This article is about Greek mythology The Pleiades star cluster also appears in many other mythologies &mdash see Pleiades (star cluster. He was the brother of Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, and half-brother to the Harpies, the snatching winds. In Greek mythology, Iris (Ἴρις is the personification of the Rainbow and messenger of the gods A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of Light to appear in the Sky when the Sun In Greek mythology, a harpy ("snatcher" from harpȳia ἅρπυια harpūia) was any one of the mainly winged death-spirits best known for constantly Since the river is in a country foreign to the ancient Greeks, it is not clear whether they named the river after the god, or whether the god Hydaspes was named after the river. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca

Alexander the Great and his army crossed the Jhelum in 326 BC at the Battle of the Hydaspes River where he defeated the Indian king, Porus. Alexander the Great ( or, Mégas Aléxandros; July 20 356 BC June 10 or June 11 323 BC also known as Alexander III of Macedon (el Ἀλέξανδρος Γ' Events By place Macedonian Empire In the spring Alexander the Great crosses the Indus near Attock and enters The Battle of the Hydaspes River was a Battle fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against the Indian king Porus (Pururava Conflict alliance and comradeship with Alexander Unlike his neighbour Ambhi (in Greek Omphis, King Porus chose to fight Alexander the Great in According to Arrian (Anabasis, 29), he built a city "on the spot whence he started to cross the river Hydaspes", which he named Bukephala (or Bucephala) to honour his famous horse Bukephalus or Bucephalus which was buried in Jalalpur Sharif. For the branding mark anciently used on horses see Bucephalus (brand. For the branding mark anciently used on horses see Bucephalus (brand. For the branding mark anciently used on horses see Bucephalus (brand. Jalalpur Sharif is a small town located in Jhelum and is a Union Council of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil in Jhelum District Punjab province It is thought that ancient Bukephala was near the site of modern Jhelum City. Jhelum or Jehlum ( Urdu: جہلم) is a city in northern Punjab Province Jhelum District, Pakistan. According to a historian of Gujrat district, Mansoor Behzad Butt, Bukephalus was buried in Jalalpur Sharif, but the people of Mandi Bahauddin, a district close to Jehlum, believed that their tehsil Phalia was named after Bucephalus, Alexander's dead horse. Jalalpur Sharif is a small town located in Jhelum and is a Union Council of Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil in Jhelum District Punjab province Mandi Bahauddin (منڈی بہاؤالدین is the capital of Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province Pakistan. They say that the name Phalia was the distortion of the word Bucephala. The waters of the Jhelum are allocated to Pakistan under the terms of the Indus Waters Treaty. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The Indus Waters Treaty is a water-sharing Treaty between the Republic of India and Islamic Republic Of Pakistan.

Course

View on the river at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
View on the river at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Srinagar ( Dogri: श्रीनगर Urdu: سرینگر Kashmiri: سِرېنَگَر श्रीनगर is the capital of the disputed state ( Dogri: जम्मू और कश्मीर Urdu: جموں و کشمیر is the northernmost state of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

The river Jhelum rises from a spring at Verinag situated at the foot of the Pir Panjal in the south-eastern part of the valley of Kashmir. The Pir Panjal Range is a range of mountains that form a part of the Middle Himalayas across the states of Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in the This article is about the geographical region of greater Kashmir It flows through Srinagar and the Wular lake before entering Pakistan through a deep narrow gorge. Wular Lake (also spelt Wullar) is one of the largest Fresh water lakes in Asia. The Kishenganga (Neelum) River, the largest tributary of the Jhelum, joins it near Muzaffarabad, as does the next largest, the Kunhar River of the Kaghan valley. Muzaffarabad is the capital of the Azad State of Jammu and Kashmir. The Kunhar River ( Urdu: دریائے کنہار is located in North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. The Kaghan Valley is a valley in the Mansehra District of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It also connects with Pakistan and Pakistan-held Kashmir on Kohala Bridge east of Circle Bakote. The Kohala Bridge across the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus, forms part of one of the routes from the Pakistani-controlled region of Kashmir to Circle Bakote is a cluster of Union Councils in the eastern part of Abbottabad District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It is then joined by the Poonch river, and flows into the Mangla Dam reservoir in the district of Mirpur. The Mangla Dam ( Urdu: منگلا بند) in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan is the twelfth largest Dam in the world. Mirpur may refer to Mirpur District, a district of Azad Kashmir Mirpur Khas, a city in Sindh Pakistan Mirpur NWFP The Jhelum enters the Punjab in the Jhelum District. The Punjab ( Urdu:) province of Jhelum district ( Urdu: جہلم) is situated in Punjab province of Pakistan. From there, it flows through the plains of Pakistan's Punjab, forming the boundary between the Chaj and Sindh Sagar Doabs. A Doab ( Persian, Urdu: dō, "two" + āb, "water" or "river" is a term used in India and It ends in a confluence with the Chenab at Trimmu in District Jhang. HeadMarala3jpg|200px|right|thumb|A View of Marala Headworks on Chenab near Sialkot]] The Chenab River (ਚਨਾਬ, चनाब چناب literally 'Moon( Trimmu or head trimmu is a flood control mechanism which was constructed to protect the city of Jhang from floods in the early 1940's Jhang ( Punjabi / Urdu: جھنگ) is the principal city of Jhang District in the Punjab province of Pakistan The Chenab merges with the Sutlej to form the Panjnad River which joins the Indus River at Mithankot. The Sutlej River (alternatively spelled as Satluj River (ਸਤਲੁਜ शतद्रु or सुतुद्री, ستلج and सतलुज is the longest Panjnad River ( Urdu: پنجند (panj = five nadi = river is a river in Punjab, Pakistan. The Indus River { Sanskrit: सिन्धु Sindhu; Urdu: urd {{Nastaliq سندھ}} Sindh; Sindhi: snd Mithankot (Mithancot Mithankote Kotmithan Kotmithan Sharif ( Urdu: مٹھان کوٹ) is located in southern Punjab, Pakistan.

Jhelum River abt 1900 photo taken by Eugene Whitehead Esq.
Jhelum River abt 1900 photo taken by Eugene Whitehead Esq.

Dams and Barrages

Water control structures are being built as a result of the Indus Basin Project, including the following:

Canals

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Coordinates: 31°12′N 72°08′E / 31.2, 72.133

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