The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s1.18

c6.s1.18

Akshu—I 1 Asma of the Râmâyana (Uttara, ch 23) 2 Oxiana of the Greeks 3 Patâlapura (see my Rasatala in the I H Q vols I & II), on the river Oxus in Sogdiana on the north II Same as river Vaksh 1 Okos or Ochus of the Greeks 2 Vakshu of Matsya P (ch 101, see Sabdalalpadruma) 3 Vamkshu of Bhâgavata (V, ch 17), a tributary of the Oxus in Sogdiana, from which the river Oxus has derived its name (JBBRAS, XXIV, p 520)