Chenab

The largest of Himachal's rivers by discharge despite having the second-shortest course in the state. It is born at Tandi, where the Chandra and the Bhaga — which rise on opposite sides of the same pass, Baralacha La — come together after running in opposite directions for a hundred kilometres each.

The Vedic name Asikni is the one to remember; Chandrabhaga is the local name and is what the river is still called through Lahaul and Pangi.