BOOK VI. XXI. 61-64 



footsteps of Alexander the Great. Diognetus and 

 Baeton,thesurveyors of his expeditions,writethat the 

 distance from the Caspian Gates to the Parthian City 

 of Hecatompvlos is the number of milcs that we stated 

 above ; " from thence to the city of Alexandria * of 

 the Arii, which Alexander founded, 575 miles, to 

 the city of the Drangae, Prophtliasia, 199 miles, to 

 the tovm " of the Arachosii 565 miles, to Kabul 

 175 miles, and thence to Alexanders Town 50 miles 

 (in some copies of this record we find different 

 numbers) : this city is stated to be situated imme- 

 diately below the Caucasus ; fi*om it to the river 

 Kabul and the Indian town of Peucolatis 237 

 miles, and thence to the river Indus and the town 

 of TaxiHa 60 miles, to the famous river Jhelum 

 120 miles, to the not less notable Beas 390 miles 

 — this was the terminus of Alexander's journeys, 

 although he crossed the river and dedicated altars 

 upon the opposite bank. The king's actual dis- 

 patches also agree with these figures. The re- 

 maining distances after the Beas were ascer- 

 tained by the exploration of Seleucus Nicator ; 

 to the Sutlej 169 miles, to the river Jumna the same 

 (some copies add 5 miles), thence to the Ganges 

 112^, to Rhodapha 5G9 (others give 325 miles in this 

 space), to the town of Calhnipa/.a 167^ (others 165), 

 thence to the confluence of the river Jimina and 

 the Ganges 625 (a great many add 13^), to the town 

 of Patna 425, to the mouth of the Ganges 637|. 

 The races worth mentioning after leaving the 

 Hemodi Mountains (a projection of which is called 

 the Imaus, which in the vernacular means ' snowy ') 

 are the Isari, Cosiri, Izi, and spread over the range 

 the Chirotosagi and a number of tribes with the 



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