BOOK VI. xxiv. 91-XXV. 93 



This is the information that was given to us about 

 Ceylon. 



XXV. The folloMinof is the arraneement of the North- 

 four satrapies which we deferred to this place jran, <tc. 

 in our account. After leaving the races nearest to § '^- 

 India, you come to the mountain districts. That 

 of Capisene formerlv had a city named Capisa, which 

 was destroved bv Cyrus ; next Arachosia, with a 

 river and toyn\ " of the same name — the town, which 

 was founded by Samiramis, being called by some 

 %\Titers Cufis ; then the river Erymandus, flowing 

 past the Arachosian town of Parabeste. Next to 

 the Arachosii \\Titers place the Dexendrusi on the 

 south side, adjoining a section of the Arachotae, 

 and the Paropanisadae on the north ; and beneath 

 the Hindu Kush the town of Cartana, later called 

 Tetragonis. This region is opposite to Bactria, and 

 then comes the region of the Ariani, whose town is 

 called Alexandria * after its founder; the Syndraci, 

 Dangalae, Parapinae, Cataces and Mazi ; near the 

 Hindu Kush the Cadrusi, whose town was founded by 

 Alexander. Below these places the whole country 

 is more level. In the direction of the Indus is the 

 Arian region, which is scorched by glowing heat 

 and encircled by deserts, yet extending in the district 

 between them with plenty of sliade, it is occupied 

 by numerous farmers, settled especially on the 

 banks of two rivers, the Tonberos and the Arosapes. 

 There is a town, Artacoana, and a river, Arius, which 

 flows past Alexandria, a town founded by Alexander 

 which covers an area of nearly four miles ; and 

 the much more beautiful as well as older town 

 of Artacabene, the fortifications of which were 

 renewed by Antiochus, covers an area of ^\ 



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