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# Προς την Ερατοσθενους γεωγραφιαν (Πρὸς τὴν Ἐρατοσθένους γεωγραφίαν)

Hipparchus, Against the Geography of Eratosthenes — on India

The astronomer's critique of Eratosthenes' figures for India, preferring Megasthenes and Deimachus to Patrocles on India's southern extent.

- **Language:** Ancient Greek
- **Date:** 150–125 BCE
- **Author:** [Ἵππαρχος](https://indike.org/pramana/person/hipparchus)
- **Text:** lost

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.hipparchus](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.hipparchus) · Pramāṇa
