Indians in the Vedic period. In 325 BCE, Alexander the Great allegedly founded the town of Alexandria on the Indus (present day Uch Sharif or Mithankot or Chacharan in Pakistan) at the confluence of the Indus and the combined streams of Punjab rivers (currently known as the Panjnad River). Dams The river has rich power generation potential in India. There are many dams built, under construction or proposed to be built on the Chenab for the purpose of hydroelectric power generation in the country, including: All of these are "run-of-the-river" projects as per the Indus Water Treaty of 1960. The Treaty allocates the waters of Chenab to Pakistan. India can use its water for domestic and agricultural uses or for "non-consumptive" uses such as hydro power. India is entitled to store up to of water in its projects. The three projects completed , Salal, Baglihar and Dul Hasti, have a combined storage capacity of . Pakistan has four headworks on the Chenab: See also References Bibliography External links Chenab River in the context of Pakistan - by Pakistan Tourism Portal Rivers of Himachal Pradesh Rigvedic rivers Rivers of Jammu and Kashmir Indus basin Punjab International rivers of Asia Rivers of Punjab (Pakistan) Rivers of India Rivers in Buddhism Rivers of Pakistan