Old and New River Names

[Rajesh Kochhar]

  --.Two
>rivers from Central Asia flowing northwest towards Aral Sea are
>Jaxartes or Iaxartes (modern Syr Darya of north) and Oxus (modern Amu
>Darya of south).Are there ancient Aryan (or Sanskrit) names to these
>rivers also
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RESPONSE>>>>>>>
It has been suggested that the  mythical/semi-mythical river name Rasa (Also
equivalently known to Avesta) was originally the name of Amu. Rv has a real
river named Rasa also.

rajesh kochhar