they dedicate to Mahadeo, but this Ganga to Gotam. And they tell wonderful legends of it, and pay it great adoration. It has its springs in the Sahya Hills near Trimbak, and passing through the Wilayat of Ahmadnagar, enters Berar and thence flows on to Tilingana.”—Ain-i-Akbari (orig.) i. 476; [ed. Jarrett, ii. 228.] We may observe that the most easterly of the Delta branches of the Godavery is still called Gautami.