Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c5.s3.37

c5.s3.37

Dṛṣadvatī (literally ‘the stony’) which flows into the Sarasvatī after running parallel to it for some distance, its modern name being Citang, Citrang or Cautang, though some writers prefer its identification with the Rakṣi which flows by the south-east of Thanesar, while a few earlier authors proposed to identify it with the Ghaggar.⁸⁹ Besides the above, the Ṛgveda also mentions the following rivers.