The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.109

c5.s2.109

Bhadrâ—It is evidently the Yarkand river on which the town of Yarkand is situated; it is also called Zarafshan (*Vishnu P.*, Bk. II, ch. 2). It is one of the four rivers into which the Ganges is said to have divided itself (*Bhâgavata P.*, V, 17).