The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.69
The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s3.69
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Drishadvatî—The Caggar (Ghagar) which flowed through Ambala and Sirhind, now lost in the sands of Rajputana (Elphinstone and Tod, JASB., VI, p. 181). General Cunningham has identified it with the river Rakshi which flows by the south-east of Thaneswar (Arch. S. Rep., vol. XIV). It formed the southern boundary of Kurukshotra (see Kurukshetra). The Drishadvatî has been identified with the modern Chitrang, Chau-tang, or Chitang, which runs parallel to the Sarasvatî (Imperial Gazetteer of India, p. 26;