Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.174

c6.174

*Candrabhāgā.*—The *Apadāna*, a Pali canonical text, refers to it¹¹. According to the *Milindapañha* (p. 114) this river issues forth from the Himavanta (Himalayan region). The Jaina *Thānamga* (5. 470) mentions it along with other four. The Candrabhāgā or Chenāb appears to flow just above Kishtwar as a confluence of two hill-streams. From Kishtwar to Rishtwar its course is southerly. It flows past Jammu, wherefrom it flows in a south-westerly direction forming a doab between it and the Vitastā (Jhelum). It is the same river as the Rgvedic Asiknī, Arrian's Akesines and Sandabaga or Sandabal of Ptolemy. According to the Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa there were two rivers of this name. The Mahābhārata also seems to support the same contention¹ but it is difficult to identify the second stream. The Padmapurāṇa² mentions this river.