The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.47

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Devikā—1. The river Devā in Oudh. It is another name for the Sarajū or Gogra (*Bengal and Agra Guide and Gazetteer*, 1841, vol. II, pp. 120, 252, *map*). The southern portion of the Sarajū is called Devikā or Devā, whereas the northern portion is called Kālinadī after its junction with that river in Kumaun. But the Devikā is mentioned as a distinct river between the Gomatī (Gumti) and the Sarajū (*Kālikā P.*, ch. 23). The junction of the Gaṇḍak, (Devikā) Sarajū, and the Ganges forms the Triveṇī, where the fight between the crocodile and the elephant took place (*Varāha P.*, ch. 144 and *Mbh.*, Ādi P., ch. 29). See Viśāla-chhatra. The Sarajū now joins the Ganges at Singhi near Chapra. 2. A river in the Punjab : it appears to be an affluent of the Ravi (*Vāmana P.*, chs. 81, 84; *Mbh.*, Vana P., ch. 82; *Matsya P.*, ch. 113). This river flowed through the country of Sauvīra (*Agni P.*, ch. 200), which, according to Alberuni, was the country round Multan : see Sauvīra. It has its source in the Maināka (Sewalik) range (*Kālikā P.*, ch. 23, vs. 137, 138). It also flowed through the country of Madra (*Vishṇu-dharmottara Purāṇa*, Pt. I, ch. 167, v. 15). Mūlasthāna (Multan) was situated on the Devikā (*Skanda P.*, Prabhāsa-Kshetra-Māhāt., ch. 278). It has been identified with the river Deeg, a tributary of the Ravi on its right bank (Pargiter’s *Mārkaṇḍeya P.*, ch. 57, p. 292), and this identification appears to be confirmed by the *Vāmana P.*, chs. 84, 89; Devikoṭa—Same as Soṇitapura.