History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.152.4

v5.c74.t2.152.4

Dharmanada, Dhūtapātaka, Bindutīrtha and Pañcanada in Kṛta and the following Yugas respectively The Kāśīkhaṇḍa in chap. 59 deals with the confluence of five rivers and gives phantastic legends as to why the rivers were called Kiraṇā (59. 108-113) and Dhūtapāpā (59 101-106). The river Varaṇā is the northern boundary of Vārāṇasī and the end of the *ghāṭs* on the northern side is reached at the confluence of the Varaṇā with the Ganges. That the ghāts have been there for at least a thousand years can be proved from copperplates and inscriptions. The Gāhaḍvāla rulers of Kanoj (of whose times at least 55 copperplates and 3 inscriptions on stone were issued during the period 1097 to 1187 A. D), being devotees of Viṣṇu, several times made grants at the *Ādi-Keśava ghāṭ*. Vide J. R A S. for 1896 p. 787 (king Madanapāla's grant on the occasion of a Sun-eclipse after Mahārājñī Pṛthvīśrīkā took a bath), I. A. vol. 19 p. 249 (grant of Govindacandra in *saṁvat* 1188 i. e. 1131 A. D.), E I 14 p. 197 (Candrādityadeva, who having bathed at Ādikeśava-ghaṭṭa ¹⁴⁵⁹ at the confluence of the rivers Gaṅgā