The Anoma was a river in Majjhimadesa of

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. According to

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tradition it was situated near Kapilavastu, and was crossed by Prince Siddhartha (along with his horse

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and charioteer Channa) where he renounced the world before becoming the

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by cutting off his hair, abandoning his royal dress and exchanging it for the robes of an ascetic.

Alexander Cunningham Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Sappers who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly crea ...

identified it with the Aumi in Gorakhpur district of

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, while A. C. L. Carlleyle states it is the Kudwa

Nala Nala () is a legendary king of ancient Nishadha kingdom and the central protagonist of the '' Nalopakhyana'', a sub-narrative within the Indian epic '' Mahabharata'', found in its third book, '' Vana Parva'' (Book of the Forest). He is renown ...

, a small creek in the Basti district.

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