River Sabarmati

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Sabarmati

(Sanskrit, Svabhravati). River of Western India, flow- ing from the hills of Mewar south-westwards into the Gulf of Cambay, with a course of about 200 miles and a drainage area of about 9,500 square miles. The name is given to the combined streams of the Sabar, which runs through the Idar State, and of the Hathmati, which passes the town of Ahmadnagar (Mahi Kantha Agency). In the upper part of their course both rivers have high rocky banks, but below their confluence the bed of the Sabarmati becomes broad and sandy The united river thence flows past Sadia and Ahmadabad, and receives on the left bank, at Vantha, about 30 miles below the latter city, the waters of the Vatrak, which, during its course of 150 miles, is fed by a number of smaller streams that bring down the drainage of the Mahi Kantha hills. The Sabarmati receives no notable tributaries on the right bank There are several holy places on its banks in and about Ahmadabad city, and the confluence at Vantha attracts many pilgrims to an annual fair in the month of Kartik (November). Luxuriant crops are grown on the silt deposited by the river, and many wells are sunk in its bed in the fair season. The lands of Parantlj are watered from the Hathmati by means of an embankment above Ahmadnagar.