The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.25

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Gaurī—The river Pañkora (the Gouraios or Guræus of the Greeks) which unites with the river Swat to form the Landoi, an affluent of the Kabul river [*Mbh.*, Bk. VI; *Alexander's Exploits on the Western Banks of the Indus*, by M. A. Court in *JASB.* (1839), p. 307; and McCrindle's *Invasion of India*, p. 66]. The Pañkora rising in Gilghit, flows between the Khonar (Choes of Arrian, called also Khameh) and the Swat [*JASB.* (1839), p. 306]. Pañkora is evidently a corruption of Pañchagauḍa from the name of a town of that name situated on the bank of this river [*JASB.* (1852), p. 215]. See Pañchakapaṭa.