PARAPIO´TAE
PARAPIO´TAE (
Παραπιῶται), an Indian tribe, mentioned by Ptolemy (vii, 1.65), and placed by him on the slopes of the Vindius M. (
Vindhya Ms.) along the banks of the Namadus (
Nerbudda). Lassen, in his Map of Ancient India, places them along the upper sources of the same river.
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