The History and Culture of the Indian People v1.c19.s1.6

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The Dṛishadvatī, which occurs many times along with the Sarasvatī as an important stream, is identified by some with the Ghaggar and by others with the modern Chittang.² Between the Sarasvatī and Dṛishadvatī, flowing past Thānesar, was the Āpayā (*RV*, III. 23. 4), a small tributary of the Sarasvatī. The Gomatī has been identified by some scholars with the Gomatī, which meets the Ganges to the east of Benares, and this identification may be accepted in so far as the later Saṁhitās and Brāhmaṇas are concerned. The Gomatī of the *Ṛigveda* as mentioned in the *Nadīstuti* is, however, placed between the Kubhā and Krumu. Hence, its identification with the Gomal, a western tributary of the Indus, seems more reasonable. Sarayu, on the eastern bank of which Chitraratha and Arṇa were defeated by the Turvaśa-Yadus, appears to be the modern Sarju in Oudh, as suggested by Zimmer and others.³ The identifications by Ludwig with the Krumu (Kurram) and by St. Martin with the united course of the Śutudrī (Sutlej) and Vipāś (Beās) are difficult to accept.