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Eratosthenes, Geography — India

The librarian of Alexandria made India the first of his 'seals' (sphragides), a rhomboid measured from Patrocles and the bematists, and reconciled it with Megasthenes and Deimachus.

Language

Ancient Greek

Date

240–200 BCE

Author

Ἐρατοσθένης

Text

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