[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) › 22.2 # Ἰνδικά 22.2: Eadem brevius iterum affert Josephus C. Apion. I, 20, p. 1174. Josephum exscripsit Zonaras I, p. 87 ed. Basil. Et Syncellus p. 221 D, ubi sic Ἰνδικά 22.2 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.22.2) Τὸν Ναβουχοδονόσωρ ὁ Μεγασθένης ἐν τῇ δ’ (l. δευτέρᾳ) τῶν Ἰνδικῶν Ἡρακλέους ἀλκιμώτερον ἀποφαίνει, ὃς ἀνδρείᾳ μεγάλῃ Λιβύης τὸ πλεῖστον καὶ Ἰβηρίας κατεστρέψατο. Συμφωνεῖ δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ Φιλόστρατος ἐν τοῖς Ἱστορίαις, ἔνθα καὶ περὶ τῆς Τύρου πολιορκίας καὶ τῶν Φοινίκων πάλαι, αἵτινες ἱστορίαι φέρονται περὶ τοῦ Ναβουχοδονόσωρ, ὅτι Συρίαν καὶ Αἴγυπτον καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν Φοινίκην κατεστρέψατο πολέμοις. > There is in India a river called the Silas, named after the fountain from which it flows, on which nothing will float that is thrown into it, but everything sinks to the bottom, contrary to the usual law. > — John Watson McCrindle 1877, Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian - [Previous: 22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.22.1) - [Next: 22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.22.3) - [Up: 22](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.22) ## Translations (1) - [Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes~en-mccrindle.22) — John Watson McCrindle 1877, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.22.2) · Pramāṇa