of Moincêr, southwest of Mount Kailash (Mount Ti-se). Eventually, the Zhangzhung were conquered by the Tibetan Empire. Sutlej river also formed the eastern boundary of the Sikh Empire under Maharajah Ranjit Singh. Today, the Sutlej Valley is inhabited by nomadic descendants of the Zhangzhung, who live in tiny villages of yak herders. The Sutlej was the main medium of transportation for the kings of that time. In the early 18th century, it was used to transport devdar woods for Bilaspur district, Hamirpur district, and other places along the Sutlej's banks. Of four rivers (Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra and Karnali/Ganges) mythically flowing out of holy Lake Manasarovar, the Sutlej is actually connected by channels that are dry most of the time. Earlier the river was also called as Shutudri or Zaradros river. Gallery See also List of rivers of India List of rivers of Pakistan Cis-Sutlej states Sulemanki Headworks Geology of the Himalaya References External links Sutlej basin marked on OpenStreetMap. Sutlej-Yamuna Link Canal is So Controversial? Wissurge,26 August 2020 Tributaries of the Indus River Indus basin Rivers of Tibet Rivers of Sindh International rivers of Asia Rivers of Himachal Pradesh Rivers of Punjab, India Rigvedic rivers India–Pakistan border Border rivers Rivers of India Rivers of Punjab (Pakistan) Rivers in Buddhism Rivers of Pakistan