The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c14.4

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² Greek, Ὑδάσπης or Βιδάσπης (Ptolemy); Sanskrit, *Vitastā*; Prākrit, *Vidastā*; Kashmīrī, *Vyath*; Panjābī, *Bihat* or *Wihat*. Muhammadan writers refer to the river as 'the river of Jihlam', that is to say, the river flowing past the town of Jihlam, where the royal ferry (*shāh guzār*) was situated. Modern usage has abbreviated the Muhammadan designation into 'the Jihlam', or, as it is commonly written, 'Jhelum'. Little deviation has occurred in the course of the stream, except near its junction with the Akesinēs or Chināb, which has been moved 'often and considerably' (Raverty, 'The Mihrān of Sind and its Tributaries', *J.A.S.B.*, part i, 1892, pp. 318, 329, 332; Stein, *transl. Rājat*, ii, 411).