[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899) › c5.s2.260 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.260 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.260 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.260) Charitrapura—Puri in Orissa (Cunningham’s Anc. Geo., p. 510; R. W. C., II, Charmanvati—The river Chambal in Rajputana. It has its source in a very elev point of the Vindhya amongst a cluster of hills called Janapava. It has 1 co-equal sources from the same cluster, the Chambal, Chambela and Gambhîrâ. The is said to have been formed by the “juice of skin” (blood) of the cows sacrificed a Yajña of Rantideva (Mbh., Droṇa P., ch. 67; Meghadûta, Pt. I, v. 46). - [Previous: c5.s2.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.259) - [Next: c5.s2.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.261) - [Up: c5.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2) ## Cites (2) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Meghadūta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.duta.meghaduta) — Kālidāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s2.260) · Pramāṇa