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Ancient India as Describes by Ptolemy

1885

For passing from Sogdina to the east of the snowy range which covers the sources of the Jaxartes and the Oxus three main routes have existed at all times : that of the south which ascends the high valleys of the Oxus through Badakshan ; that in the centre which goes directly to K&shgar by the high valleys of the Syr-Darya or Jaxartes ; and lastly that of the north which goes down a part of [...] Of these three routes the itinerary of the Greek merchants could only apply to the 2nd or the 3rd ; and if as has been for a long time supposbd with much probability the Stone Tower of the Itinerary is found in an important place belonging to the valley of the Jaxartes of which the name Tashkand has precisely the same meaning in the language of the Turkomans it would be the northern route tha [...] § 6. But the route from He k a t om p y 1 o s to the capital city of Hyrkania must of necessity diverge to the north because that city lies somewhere between the parallel of Smyrna and that of the Hellepont since the parallel of Smyrna is traced as passing below Hyrkania and that of the Hellepont through the southern parts of the Hyrknian Sea from the city bearing the same name Which [...] § 8. For the northern parts of the mountain region and those furthest to the west where the ascent begins are placed by him under the parallel of Byzantium and those in the south and the east under the parallel of the Hellespont. [...] 11 p. 638) exhibits the longitudes of the principal points in the Mediterranean as given by Ptolemy and the actual longitudes of the same points computed from Ferro :"22 sum of these particular distances gives a total of 72 degrees consequently the entire length of the known world between the meridian of the Islands of the Blest and that of the Séres is 177/ degrees as has been already shown.
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Pages
472
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145083
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Cover
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Frontmatter
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Preface to the Original Edition
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Ptolemy’s Geography of India and Southern Asia
1-338 unknown view
Errata
339-340 unknown view
Notes
341-398 unknown view
Index
399-431 unknown view
Backmatter
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