Bihank River
نهر بهنك
A great river in northern India that passes east of Atraghan and reaches the sea; the author notes a people there who wash in it, believing their sins are cleansed. 1
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The River Bihank is a great river in northern India. It passes east of Atragha and joins the sea. Al-Idrisi mentions that on its bank there are kings and armies, and that a tribe of India bathes in it, claiming that its sins are washed away. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 208
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.208
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