The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.228

c5.s2.228

Chakshu—The river Oxus or Amu Daria (Matsya P., ch. 120; Asiatic Researches, VIII, p. 330) The Brahmāṇḍa P. (ch. 51) mentions the names of the countries through which it flows It is mentioned by Bhāskarāchāryya as a river which proceeds to Katumāla (Siddhānta-śiromaṇi, Bhuvana-kosha, 37, 38). The Mahābhārata, Bhīshma P., ch. 11, says that it flows through Śāka-dvīpa. It rises in the Pamir lake, called also the Sari-kul or yellow lake, at a distance of 300 miles to the south of the Jaxartes (McCrindle's Ptolemy, p. 278).