Which of the following rivers is the river precompiled?
Indus
"River precompiled" is a literal translation of antecedent river (पूर्ववर्ती नदी) - a river that existed before the mountains rose and kept cutting down its course while the land was being uplifted, forming deep gorges.
The Indus is a classic antecedent river: it is older than the Himalaya and cuts across the ranges through deep gorges such as the one near Gilgit. The Sutlej and Brahmaputra are other examples.
The Damodar flows in a rift valley, the Krishna is a consequent peninsular river following the eastward slope of the plateau, and the Luni is an inland seasonal river of the Thar region; none of these is antecedent.
Hence, the antecedent river among the options is the Indus.
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