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These are the distances which he gives.
| Stadia. |
From the Caspian Sea to the Cyrus about | 1800 |
Thence to the Caspian Gates | 5600 |
Thence to Alexandreia in the territory of the Arii | 6400 |
Thence to the city Bactra, which is called also Zariaspa | 3870 |
Thence to the river Iaxartes, which Alexander reached, about | 5000 |
| ——— |
Making a total of | 22,670 |
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He also assigns the following distances from the Caspian
Gates to India.
| Stadia. |
To Hecatompylos1 | 1960 |
To Alexandreia2 in the country of the Arii (Ariana) | 4530 |
Thence to Prophthasia3 in Dranga4 (or according to others 1500) | 1600 |
Thence to the city Arachoti5 | 4120 |
Thence to Ortospana on the three roads from Bactra6 | 2000 |
Thence to the confines of India | 1000 |
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Which together amount to | 15,3007 |
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We must regard as continuous with this distance, in a straight
line, the length of India, reckoned from the Indus to the,
Eastern Sea.
Thus much then respecting the Sacæ.