History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c23.5

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∗ The story of the demon Jalandhara is given in the Padma Purana. He is said to be a son of the Ganges by the Ocean and was blessed by Brahma who asked the Ocean to recede and make room for him and the sea accordingly receded from the Himalayas. The story is like the story about Konkan based on the geological aspect of the Panjab seashells being still found at the foot of the Himalayas. The idea of the demon stretching across the Panjab is well explained by Cunningham by the running of the two rivers Satlej and Ravi in ancient times parallel to each other upto Multan