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TILAKAMANJARI OF DHANAPĀLA
Prayaga (Allahabad) where it is jointed by the Yamuna. From Allahabad down to Rajmahal she has an easterly course, after which it follows again south easterly direction. The Alakanandā represents the upper course of the Ganges. The Mandakini is one of the tributaries of the Alakananda and it may be identified with the Kaligangā or Mandākinī rising in the mountains of Kedara in Garhwal. The Ganges may be supposed to have assumed the name of the Ganga-Bhagirathi from the point where it is met by the Mandakini. The Ganges receives a tributary called Nuta just above Farrukhabad. Between Farrukhabad and Hardoi the Ganges receives another tributary called the Rāmaganga. The Gomati (modern Gumtī) joins the Ganges between Banaras and Ghazipura. The Dhutapāpā of the Paurāņic fame was a tributary of the eastern Gomati. The Tamasā or east Tons joins the Ganges to the west of Ballia after flowing through Azamgarh. The Sarayu, a tributary of the Ganges, joins the Ganges in the district of Chapra. The great historical river is now known as Ghargharā (Gogrā). Some unimportant tributaries join the Gharghara in the Gonda district flowing from the district of Bahraich. The little Gandaka joins the Ghargharā (Sarayu) on the western border of the district of Sārā. The ancient city of Ayodhya stood on the Sarayu. The little Gandak also known as the Hiranyavati or Ajitrāvatī flows through the district of Gorakhpura and falls into the Gogra or Gharghara (Sarayu). The Acirāvatī, the great tributary of the Sarayu, flows through the districts of Bahraich, Goṇḍā and Basti and joins the Sarayu or Gharghara west of Burhaj in the district of Gorakhpura. The Kakuttha was a tributary of the Hiranyavati or the little Gandak. The Gandaki (modern Gandak) is an upper tributary of the Ganges. The main stream of the Gandak flows into the Ganges between Sonpur in the Sārā district and Hazipur in the district of Muzaffarpur.
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The Ganges in its lower course is known as the Bhāgīrathi Hooghly in West Bengal and the Padma Meghna in East Bengal. The Ganges enters Bengal between Rajmahal and Maida and bifurcates a little above Jangipur in the district of Murshidabad.
The Bhagirathi branch of the Ganges is met on the right side by the first tributary called Bansloi in the district of Murshidabad. The Ajaya, which is an important tributary, joins the Bhagirathi at Katwa in the district of Burdwan and forms a natural boundary between the districts of Burdwan and Birbhum. The Bhagirathi in its lower course receives on the right side the well known tributary called the Damodar which flows into the Hooghly
