Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c7.s1.35

c7.s1.35

5. Mk abc—शिप्रा ह्यवर्णी च तथा; Vy acde, Bmd—शिप्रा ह्यवन्ती च तथा; Vy e (v. l.), Mk d—शिप्रा ह्यवन्ती च तथा; Mts—शिप्रा ह्यवन्ती कुन्ती च; Vmn—चित्रा ह्योधवती रम्या. The Śiprā is mentioned in literature as the river on which the celebrated city of Ujjayinī (modern Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh) was situated. The river Avantī rises near Mhow and flows into the Chambal. The Kuntī, otherwise called Aśvanadī or Aśvarathanadī, is a small tributary of the Chambal (see Dey, Geog. Dict., s.v. Kuntī-Bhoja).