From pre historic times human beings started living along the banks of river. Great civilization developed besides rivers and when these rivers dried these civilizations also died. Mustansar Hussain Tarar is a renowned novelist of Urdu. His three novels “Rakh”, “Bahao”, and “Qurbat-e-Marg Main Muhabbat” depicts the civilization, culture and social development in the vast region of rivers. He described the relationship of civilizations and rivers. Old Hakra Indus and river Ravi are symbols of life in this region. People have a hurt full respect with these rivers. These rivers have their full presence in their short stories, myths, proverbs, songs and sub consciousness. Tarar Describes the proses, how a civilization dies when a river dries up. This research article analyses the relationship of river and civilization in the novels of Mustansar Hussain Tarar.