[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) › 6 # Ἰνδικά 6: Arrian. Ind. 3, 7 Ἰνδικά 6 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.6) Μεγασθένει δὲ τὸ ἀπὸ ἀνατολέων ἐς ἐσπέρην πλάτος ἐστὶ τῆς Ἰνδῶν γῆς, ὅ τι περ οἱ ἄλλοι μῆκος ποιέουσι· καὶ λέγει Μεγασθένης, μυρίων καὶ ἑξακιςχιλίων σταδίων εἶναι, ἵναπερ τὸ βραχύτατον αὐτοῦ. Τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ ἄρκτου πρὸς μεσημβρίην, τοῦτο δὲ αὐτῷ μῆκος γίνεται, καὶ ἐπέχει τριηκοσίους καὶ δισχιλέιους, ἵναπερ τὸ στεινότατον αὐτοῦ. > \[From this, one can readily see how the accounts of the other writers vary from one another. Thus Ktesias says that India is not of less size than the rest of Asia ; Onesikritos regards it as the third part of the habitable world; and Nearchos says it takes one four months to traverse the plain only.\] Megasthenes and Deimachos incline to be more moderate in their estimate, for according to them the distance from the Southern Sea to Kaukasos is over 20,000 stadia. — \[Deimachos, however, allows that the distance in some places exceeds 30,000 stadia. Of these notice has been taken in an earlier part of the work.\] > — John Watson McCrindle 1877, Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian - [Previous: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.5) - [Next: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.7.1) ## Translations (2) - [Ancient India as Described by Megasthenês and Arrian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes~en-mccrindle.6) — John Watson McCrindle 1877, English - [Latin translation (Müller)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes*fhg~la-muller.6) — Karl Müller, Latin ## Discussed in (1) - [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c26.62) — Rapson 1922, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.hellenistic.megasthenes.6) · Pramāṇa