Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c7.s1.13

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3. Mk abd, Vy abc, Bmd, Krm, Vmn—गोमती धूतपापा च; Vy de—गोमती धुतपापा च; Mts—गोमती धौतपापा च; Mk c—गोमती धृतपापा च. The river Gomatī has to be identified with the Ṛgvedic Gomatī which is the modern Gomal a western tributary of the Indus, or with the modern Goomti which joins the Ganges below Benares. There is another river of this name in the Kangra District, Punjab. The Dhūtapāpā was a tributary of the Ganges in the Banaras region. The name has been associated with Ahopāp on the Goomti, 18 miles south-west of Sultanpur in U.P.