Historical Geography of Ancient India c7.143

c7.143

*Gaṅgā*.—This is the name of a river (*S.I.I.*, I, pp. 57, 58, etc.). This river is also called Mandākinī which descends from the sky with all the fury of its rushing waters and which is borne by the God Śiva on one of his matted locks (*S.I.I.*, II, p. 514). The Puruṣottamapura plates of Rāmacandra mention this river which is the Godāvarī (*E.I.*, XXV, Pt. V, p. 208).