Vedic COMMON Sarasvati ATK 6 DEF 7 SPR 10 SPD 8 INT 10 CHA – WIS – END – Special Tongue of the Rivers Vedic Sarasvati as sacred river c. 1500–500 BCE; the actual river (now the Ghaggar-Hakra paleochannel) dried up c. 1900 BCE but the goddess persisted; transformation to goddess of speech and learning c. 800–300 BCE
