"Scholars who build weighty theories on the paucity of references to the Ganges should remember that in the Yajus and Atharva Samhitas it is not mentioned at all."
— Ganges in Hinduism

January 1, 1970

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Studies In Indian Antiquities Hemchandra Raychaudhuri He adds: See the reference to the Ganga in Rig. x. 75. 5, and vi. 45. 81. Cf. also Jahnavi, i. 116.19, iii. 58.6.