[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Hellenistic (323–31 BCE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic) › [Ἰνδικά](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes) › 19.2 # Ἰνδικά 19.2: Strabo XV, p. 703 Ἰνδικά 19.2 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.19.2) Ἐν δὲ τῇ ὀρεινῇ Σιλίαν (Σίλαν Epit. Strab.) ποταμὸν εἶναι (Megasthenes ait), ᾧ μηδὲν ἐπιπλεῖ· Δημόκριτον μὲν οὖν ἀπιστεῖν ἄτε πολλὴν τῆς Ἀσίας πεπλανημένον· καὶ Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ ἀπιστεῖ. > (Megasthenes says) that in the mountainous country is a river, the Silas, on the waters of which nothing will float. Demokritos, who had travelled over a large part of Asia, disbelieves this, and so does Aristotle. > — John Watson McCrindle 1877, Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian - [Previous: 19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.19.1) - [Next: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.20) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.19) ## Translations (2) - [Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes~en-mccrindle.23) — John Watson McCrindle 1877, English - [Latin translation (Müller)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes*fhg~la-muller.19.2) — Karl Müller, Latin --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.19.2) · Pramāṇa