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trittmphs over the Indi. In the valleys of the windswept Caucasus, 



„e poet, vises the mighty Indns a,ul Hows sonth mto the Iny- 



• ' .,,;„* the fertile land of India from the barren coun- 



L 1 1 at the feet of the mountain range of Paropanusus (a third 

 T L the so-called range of Caucasus or Taurus,) and from the 



ZZ, Itrl ceasl of the Erythr.an sea. By the mouths 



^Z^X^^ eonntry is incited 

 Diony^nsT of ^^ and begms ( 



? 'rSh ^TSL-t -horn he places on the left haul; of the 

 hls bst with u ♦ where it recelves 



***.?? ea8t Cr CI! B tUen .those*™ rivers and the 

 the tributary nwr_ A*w »-• ^ . 



Kophes live the tr, es rfSdpl * ^ ^ ^ £, J 



(a ( WMa " S W Xanistand MegarsusJ live the Ga, 



ntCT r,Vfo.o- o *e god P Bacchus.,| The two last river, are 



S Id Sn^ in Mount Emodes and running southwards to the 



represented a mmg ^ rf ^ ^ 1 



P ~rcrtfono £ India concludes with mention of a tract of fertile 



# The harbour of Patala is mentioned by Pliny, Curtius, Strabo, and Arrian. 

 + Dionvsius mentions the rivers in India in the following order : 1. Indus! 

 2 Hydaspes ; 3. Acesines ; 4, Kophes ; 5. Hypanis ; 6. Megarsus. All geogrj| 

 rmers agree in placing the tributaries of the Indus, beginning from the West, 

 ?lT Chores ; (2) Kophes ; (3) Indus ; (4) Hydaspes ; (5) Acesines ; (6) Hyarotis 

 ox Hvdraotis ; (7) Hypanis or Hypasis. One geographer, Ptolemams ca lis these 

 rivers (D Ohoas j (2) Suastus ; (3) Indus; (4) Bidaspes ; (5) Sandabihs ; (61 

 Adris ; (7) Bipasis ; (8) Zadadrus. Accordingly Dionysius appears to err m 

 placing the Kophes in India. 



t Called by others Dardae, Daradrse, (Plin. Ptol.) 



8 Galled Sibee by others. (Arrian: Strab. Erat.) _ 



' Shonld be Taxili, a people mentioned by Curtius, Ptol., and Str., as living , 

 between the Indus and Hydaspes, Laving a town Taxilus, so-called from a . 



kin"- of that name. g _,,.... 



ff Scodri, not known to geographers : Diodorus mentions Sodri, living near 



* A^ci'ty Pencalaitis is placed by Pliny, Strabo, and others, between the 

 Konhes and the Indus. 



{ Represented by other geographers (Pliny, &c.) as running into the Indus. 

 Alexander is said to have reached this river. 



t Not mentioned by other writers, probably the Zadadrus of Ptolemy. 



8 This name is not found in other writers. Pandaridao and Gangaridro are 

 suggested : the latter are mentioned by Strabo, Arrian, Plutarch, and Diodorus; 

 the two last place them near t lie Ganges. 



II Dionysius Rays (577), "These people don't shout half as loud as certain 

 people rathe islands of the British Channel who also worship the same god. 



