In the Nadistuti Sukta of the Rigveda, the Sarasvati river is highly celebrated as Naditama or the best of all rivers. However, by the time of the Later Vedic compilation of the Panchavimsha Brahmana, what major geographical and hydrological transition is textually recorded regarding this river?

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The transition reflects deep paleoclimatic changes. In the early Rigvedic phase, Sarasvati was a perennial river flowing to the ocean. In later texts like the Panchavimsha Brahmana and Jaiminiya Brahmana, it is documented as disappearing into the sands at Vinashana in Rajasthan, matching modern geological data regarding the gradual desiccation of the Ghaggar-Hakra system.

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