The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.84

c5.s9.84

Kausikî—1 The river Kusi (Râmâyana, Âdi, ch 34, Bardha P, ch 140) According to tradition, the Kusi in remote ages passed south east by the place where Tajpur is now situated, and thence towards the east until it joined the Brahmaputra, having no communication with the Ganges When the Kusi joined the Ganges, the united mass of water opened the passage now called the Padmâ, and the old channel of the Bhâgîrathî from Songli (Suti) to Nadia was then left comparatively dry (Martin's Eastern India, III, p 15). This junction must have taken place at some period between the third century A D, when the Sultanganj Jahnu was established, and the 7th century A D At Jot narahari, the Kusi joins the Ganges, and the junction is a place of pilgrimage (Martin's Eastern India, III, p 84) 2 A branch of the Drishadvatî (Chitang) in Kurukshetra (Vâmana P, ch 34).