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§ 1. India within the river Gangesis bounded on the west by the Paropanisadai and Arakhôsia and Gedrôsia along their eastern sides already indicated; on the north by Mount Imaös along the Sogdiaioi and the Sakai lying above it; on the east by the river Ganges; and on the south and again on the west by a portion of the Indian Ocean. The circuit of the coast of this ocean is thus described:-

2. In Syrastrênê, on the Gulf called Kanthi, a roadstead and harbour..109° 30' 20°

The most western mouth of the River Indus called Sagapa ..110° 20' 19° 50'

The next mouth called Sinthôn .....110° 40' 19° 50'

The 3rd mouth called Khrysoun (the Golden) ....111° 20' 19° 50'

The 4th called Kariphron ..111° 40' 19° 50'

The 5th called Sapara ......112° 30' 19° 50'

The 6th called Sabalaessa ...113°   20° 15'

The 7th called Lônibarê 113° 30' 20° 15'

3. Bardaxêma, a town ...113° 40' 19 40'

Syrastra, a village ....114° 19° 30'

Monoglôsson, a mart ......114° 10' 18° 40

Comment.-Strabo, following Eratosthenes, regarded the Indus as the boundary of India on the west, and this is the view which has been generally prevalent. Ptolemy, however, included within India