The History and Culture of the Indian People v1.c19.s1.8

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Parushṇī, the modern Rāvī, was an important stream which played a decisive part in the *Dāśarājña* (battle of the ten kings), by rising and drowning the enemies of Sudās. Asiknī, known later as the Chandrabhāgā, is the modern Chenāb in the Punjab. Finally comes Vitastā, the most westerly of these five rivers, known today as Jhelum. Roth and Zimmer consider that the Marudvṛidhā mentioned in the *Nadīstuti* (X. 75.5) denotes the combined waters of the Asiknī (Chenāb) and Vitastā (Jhelum) down to its junction with the Parushṇī (Rāvī), and Chakladar accepts this view.⁴ Stein, however, rightly places the Marudvṛidhā in Kāshmir, identifying it with Maruwardwan, a small Kashmirian stream flowing from north to south which joins the Chenāb on its northern bank at Kashtwar. Yāska identifies the Ārjikīyā and Sushomā, mentioned after the Vitastā in the *Nadīstuti*, respectively with the Vipāś and the Sindhu.⁶