Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c6.s4.2

c6.s4.2

⁵⁰ Matsya, 114. 74-75 ; Brahmāṇḍa, 37. 28-34 ; 50. 25-26 ; Mahābhārata, vi. 5. 13-16 ; 7. 19-20. Since the name Sucakṣu (Oxus) is replaced in a passage of the Mahābhārata by that of the Jambu-nadī, Raychaudhuri conjectures that Jambu may be the same as Amu, i.e. Amu Darya or Oxus (op. cit., p. 71, note).