Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.662

c6.662

*Sindhu* (or Indus).—The Sindhu which is the River Indus and the Sintu of the Chinese travellers, is the greatest known river of northern India after which the Indus group is named. The Indus, after passing Attock, flows almost due south, parallel to the Sulaiman Hills. According to the *Ṛgveda* (X. 75), the Sindhu surpassed all the flowing streams. The *Taittirīya-saṃhitā* (VII. 4, 13, 1) uses the term *Saindhava* which may apply to Sindhu or the Indus. Pāṇini mentions it in his *Aṣṭādhyāyī* (4. 3. 32-33; 4. 3. 93). Patañjali refers to it in his *Mahābhāṣya* (1. 3. 1, pp. 588-589). The *Mālavikāgnimitram* (Ed. S. S. Ayyar, p. 148) refers to the fight of Vasumitra, son of Agnimitra, with the Yavanas on the right bank of the river Sindhu.