Scientist finds new origin of Indus River. More than 100 years after Swedish explorer Sven Hedin announced the discovery of the origin of the Indus river, a Chinese scientist has challenged the claim with the help of high-resolution, remote-sensing satellite images and a field investigation to come up with a new finding. "The headstream, called Banggokong by local Tibetans, is about 30 kilometers away from the place that Sven Hedin believed was the source of the river," said Liu. The upper course of Indus River within Tibet is called Sengge Zangbo, which means a lion-mouthed river.
China Daily, 21 october 2010.
