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 41. The promontory of Papica is Goaphat, or Gopinath Point.

42. Another gulf.—This is the Gulf of Cambay.

42. Baeones is Piram Island opposite the mouth of the Narbada (21° 36′N., 72° 21′E.), as shown on the following map. Diu Island, the modern Portuguese possession, preferred by Vincent, does not conform to the sailing-course of the Periplus, as shown by Müller (I, 290).

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According to the Imperial Gazetteer, XX, 149–150, it is a reef of rock partly covered by brown sand, and is surrounded by rocky reefs rising to the surface from a depth of 60 to 70 feet. To avoid the tide-currents, chopping sea and sunken reefs, boats have still to follow the course toward the Narbada, as described in the Periplus.