The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s6.163

c6.s6.163

Mârkaṇḍa—The Aruṇâ, a branch of the Sarasvatî, in Kurukshetra. Its junction with the Sarasvatî, three miles to the north-east of Pehoa, is called the Aruṇa-saṅgama. But this identification is doubtful (see Oghavatî in Pt. I). It is perhaps the Oghavatî of the Mahâbhârata.