Rigvedic rivers
（重定向自Sapta Sindhu）
Rivers, such as the Sapta Sindhavah ("seven rivers") Sanskrit:सप्त सिन्धव: , play a prominent part in the hymns of the Rigveda, and consequently in early Vedic religion. It may have been derived from an older Proto-Indo-Iranian hydronym, as a cognate name, hapta həndu, exists in the Avestan language.