The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.73

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The long upward slope to the Chambal headstreams ends on the summit of the Vindhya range, a high brink facing southward. From east to west along the foot of the Vindhya face runs the sacred river Narbadā in a deeply trenched valley. Thus the Narbadā has a course at right angles to the northward flowing Chambal streams on the heights above. The Son river occupies almost the same line of valley as the Narbadā, but flows north-eastward into the Ganges. On the south side of the Narbadā valley is the Sātpurā range, parallel with the Vindhya brink, and beyond this is the Tāpti river, shorter than the Narbadā, but flowing westward with a course generally parallel to that of the sacred river. The Narbadā and Tāpti form broad alluvial flats before they enter the side of the shallow Gulf of Cambay. South of the Tāpti begins the Deccan Plateau.