Saraswati
c. 1500 BCE – 2026 CEattested
the Sarasvati river country
- Hindu
- Vedic
First a river praised in the Rigveda, later the goddess of speech, learning and music. The river dried up and the goddess did not, which is a fair summary of how the Vedic pantheon survived.
Known for
- a river that became a goddess
- speech, music and learning
- the vina and the white swan
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.