The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s5.20

c6.s5.20

Jaxartes—1. The river Sîtâ. 2. The Silâ. 3. The Rasâ. 4. The Raṅhâ of the Avesta. 5. Araxes of Herodotus; Ja is another name of the Jaxartes (Vambery's History of Bokhara, p. 8). The word Jaxartes is a combination of Jaj and Araxes (of Scythia) in order to distinguish the latter from the Araxes of Armenia or the Arab, and the Araxes of Persia or the Bund Amir.