Ἰνδικά 16: Plinius H. N. VI, 24

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Megasthenes flumine dividi (Taprobanen insulam tradit) incolasque paloeogonos quam Indos.

Megasthenes says that Taprobane is separated from the mainland by a river; that the inhabitants are called Palaiogonoi, and that their country is more productive of gold and large pearls than India.
Solin. 53. 3.
Taprobane is separated from India by a river flowing between: for one part of it abounds with wild beasts and elephants much larger than India breeds, and man claims the other part.