MINNAGARA
MINNAGARA (
Μιννάγαρα, Arrian,
Peripl. p. 24;
Μιναγάρα,
Ptol. 7.1.63), the chief town of the district lying between the Namadus and Indus, which towards the sea was known generically by the name of Indo-Scythia. Its exact position cannot now be determined; hence, some have supposed that it is represented by
Tatta, near the mouths of the Indus, which is said to be called by the native Rajpúts,
Sa-Minagur. (Ritter,
Erdkunde. vol. v. p. 475.)
There is little doubt that the name expresses the “city of Min,”
nagara being a common Sanscrit word for city, and Isidore of Charax mentioning a town called
Min in this exact locality. (Parth. p. 9 ; Lassen,
Pentap. Indic. p. 56.)
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