The History and Culture of the Indian People v1.c19.s3.t1.5

v1.c19.s3.t1.5

Naturally enough, the rivers further to the east find a prominent mention in this period. Revā, the name of the Narmadā which occurs only in post-Vedic literature, is traced by Weber in the word Revottaras found in the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa*; but the interpretation is doubtful. The Sadānīrā has been mentioned in the *Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa* (I. 1. 1. 14 ff.) as the boundary between the Kosalas and Videhas. Some lexicographers have identified it with the Karatoyā, but according to the *Vedic Index*, it is too far east. Weber and Eggeling identify it with the Gandak, and Pargiter with the Rāptī. Though the *Mahābhārata* (Cr. Ed. II. 18. 27), by placing the Sadānīrā between the Gaṇḍak and Sarayu, distinguishes between the Sadānīrā and Gandak, the *Vedic Index* pronounces the identification of the two as “probably correct.”²²