Sarasvati
Speech parts
1. Sarasvati - Noun
2. Sarasvati - Proper noun
Meaning
Hindu goddess of learning and the arts
Source: WordNetExamples
The Hindu mind works in such a way that continuity of worship is more important than physical fact. When the Harappans migrated eastward towards the Gangetic region, they carried with them their memories of the Sarasvati. The myths and sanctity were transferred to Prayag.
According to this reference, 44 asvins may be over 2600 km In the Latyayana Srautasutra (10.15-19) the Sarasvati seems to be a perennial river up to the Vinasana, which is west of its confluence with the Drshadvati (Chautang).
Eck p. 145 Scientists, geologists as well as scholars have identified the Sarasvati with many present-day or now defunct rivers.
Ganga and Sarasvati, however, are so distraught at this dispensation, and wail so loudly, that Vishnu is forced to take back his words.
Ashoke Mukherjee (2001) is critical of the attempts to identify the Rigvedic Sarasvati.
Clift et al., 2011, U-Pb zircon dating evidence for a Pleistocene Sarasvati River and capture of the Yamuna River, Geology, 40, 211–214 (2011).