42D) ON THE ANCIENT 
_ ‘Tne next river is the Icshumati so called, because the adjacent comtry 
abounds with Ieshu or sugar-cane. It is also called in the Purditas 
Drituya, because it divides into three branches or streams, in Sangecrit 
Tri-srota, as it is repeatedly called in the Cshétra-samasa. Yn the spoken 
dialects the letter R is invariably left out, in the two words, which form 
this compound. We must say of course Tisota, from which comes Tisté 
its present name. 
"Tue first or western branch is called Purdésa-béhd, or the old stream; 
and in the maps Purtabaha. Vhe middle branch is named Atrey?, in the 
maps Atré: the third or easternmost, is still called the Tisté. It springs 
from the main body, a little above Sahib-gunge, iin to the north of 
é 
Rung-poor, and falls into the Balin eres 
Protemy has noticed this river, and, with a considerable degree of 
accuracy, he has delineated the relative situation of what he supposed to 
be its source, with regard to that of the Mahd-nadi, as may be seen by 
comparing it with that part of Major ReNNeELL’s atlas, m which these two 
rivers. are represented, as coming out of the hills, with a Heee! between 
them, as in Provemy’s map. 
Qur author has left out the first and second branches, and has carried 
the whole body of the river at once, through the third branch into the 
Brahma-puira, which he calis Daonas, and this name lie has also bestows 
ed on the Tista. Hie Diunleerey ons oF Ky 
