[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Late Antique (330–640)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late) › Χριστιανικη τοπογραφια # Χριστιανικη τοπογραφια (Χριστιανικὴ τοπογραφία) Cosmas Indicopleustes, Christian Topography An Alexandrian merchant-turned-monk's flat-earth cosmology, with first-hand notes on the Indian Ocean trade: Christians in Taprobane, Male (Malabar), Kalliana and Socotra; the pepper vine and coconut; Indian animals (rhinoceros, musk deer); and Sielediba (Sri Lanka) as the hub between China and the West, with the story of the Roman coin shown to its king. - **Language:** Ancient Greek - **Date:** 547–550 CE - **Author:** [Κοσμᾶς ὁ Ἰνδικοπλεύστης](https://indike.org/pramana/person/cosmas) - **Place:** Alexandria - **Extent:** 111,193 words - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Translations (1) - [The Christian Topography of Cosmas, an Egyptian Monk](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.cosmas~en-mccrindle) — English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.cosmas](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.late.cosmas) · Pramāṇa