Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.692
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c19.692
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It is said that when the water of the Ganges was removed from the dwellings of the Nāgas, the Ganges was taken back to the eastern ocean and since then this confluence was known as Gangāsāyaratittha.²³³ It is same as Sāgara sangama, mentioned in the *Mahābhārata* (III·115) It is a celebrated place of pilgrimage near the mouth of the Ganges²³⁴