The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.15

c5.s12.15

Tamasâ—1. The river Tonse, a branch of the Sarayu in Oudh, which flowing through Azamgarh falls into the Ganges near Bhulia. It flows twelve miles to the west of the Sarayu. The bank of this river is associated with the early life of Vâlmîki (*Râmâyaṇa*, Bâla, ch. 2). The name of Tamasâ is properly applied to the united stream of the Madhu and the Biswi from their confluence at Dhoti. 2. The river Tonse in Rewa in the Central Provinces (*Matsya P.*, ch. 114; *Râmâyaṇa*, Ayodhyâ K., ch. 46). 3. The Tonse, a river in Garwal and Dehra Dun (*Cal. Rev.*, LVIII (1874), p. 193). The junction of the Tamasâ with the Yamunâ near the Sirmur frontier was a sacred place where Ekavîra called also Haihaya, the progenitor of the Haihaya race and grandfather of Kârttavîryârjuna, was born (*Devî Bhâgavata*, VI, chs. 18-23).