[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) › 5 # Ἰνδικά 5: Strabo II, p. 69 init. Ἰνδικά 5 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [5](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.5) Patrocli fidem non hanbendam esse Hipparchus dicit, δυοῖν ἀντιμαρτυρούντων αὐτῷ Δηιμάχου τε καὶ Μεγασθένους, οἳ καθ’ οὓς μὲν τόπους δισμυρίων τὸ διάστημά φασι τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς κατὰ μεσημβρίαν θαλάττης, καθ’ οὓς δὲ καὶ τρισμυρίων. Τούτους γε δὴ τοιαῦτα λέγειν καὶ τοὺς ἀρχαίους πίνακας τούτοις ὁμολογεῖν. > Hipparchos controverts this view, urging the futility of the proofs on which it rests. Patrokles, he says, is unworthy of trust, opposed as he is by two competent authorities, Deimachos and Megasthenes, who state that in some places the distance from the southern sea is 20,000 stadia, and in others 30,000. Such, he says, is the account they give, and it agrees with the ancient charts of the country. > — John Watson McCrindle 1877, Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian - [Previous: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.4) - [Next: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.6) ## Translations (2) - [Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes~en-mccrindle.7) — John Watson McCrindle 1877, English - [Latin translation (Müller)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes*fhg~la-muller.5) — Karl Müller, Latin --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.5](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.5) · Pramāṇa