[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Greek](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr) › [Roman Imperial (31 BCE – 330 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman) › [Γεωγραφικά](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo) › 15.2.3 # Γεωγραφικά 15.2.3 Γεωγραφικά 15.2.3 - **Language:** Ancient Greek ### [15.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.3) ̔υπέρκειται δὲ τούτων ἡ Γεδρωσία, τῆς μὲν Ἰνδικῆς ἧττον ἔμπυρος τῆς δʼ ἄλλης Ἀσίας μᾶλλον, καὶ τοῖς καρποῖς καὶ τοῖς ὕδασιν ἐνδεὴς πλὴν θέρους, οὐ πολὺ ἀμείνων τῆς τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων· ἀρωματοφόρος δὲ νάρδου μάλιστα καὶ σμύρνης, ὥστε τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου στρατιὰν ὁδεύουσαν ἀντὶ ὀρόφου καὶ στρωμάτων τούτοις χρῆσθαι, εὐωδιαζομένην ἅμα καὶ ὑγιεινότερον τὸν ἀέρα ἔχουσαν παρὰ τοῦτο· γενέσθαι δʼ αὐτοῖς θέρους τὴν ἐκ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἄφοδον ἐπίτηδες συνέβη· τότε γὰρ ὄμβρους ἔχειν τὴν Γεδρωσίαν καὶ ποὺς ποταμοὺς πληροῦσθαι καὶ τὰ ὑδρεῖα, χειμῶνος δʼ ἐπιλείπειν· πίπτειν δὲ τοὺς ὄμβρους ἐν τοῖς ἄνω μέρεσι τοῖς προσαρκτίοις καὶ ἐγγὺς τῶν ὀρῶν· πληρουμένων δὲ τῶν ποταμῶν καὶ τὰ πεδία τὰ πλησιάζοντα τῇ θαλάττῃ ποτίζεσθαι καὶ ὑδρείων εὐπορεῖν. προέπεμψε δʼ εἰς τὴν ἔρημον μεταλλευτὰς τῶν ὑδρείων ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ τοὺς ναύσταθμα αὐτῷ καὶ τῷ στόλῳ κατασκευάσοντας. > Above the Ichthyophagi is situated Gedrosia, a country less exposed to the heat of the sun than India, but more so than the rest of Asia. As it is without fruits and water, except in summer, it is not much better than the country of the Ichthyophagi. But it produces aromatics, particularly nard and myrrh, in such quantity, that the army of Alexander used them on the march for tent coverings and beds; they thus breathed an air full of odours, and at the same time more salubrious. > The summer was purposely chosen for leaving India, for at that season it rains in Gedrosia, and the rivers and wells are filled, but in winter they fail. The rain falls in the higher parts to the north, and near the mountains: when the rivers swell, the plains near the sea are watered, and the wells are also filled. Alexander sent persons before him into the desert country to dig wells and to prepare stations for himself and his fleet. > — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, The Geography of Strabo - [Previous: 15.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.2) - [Next: 15.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.4) - [Up: 15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2) ## Translations (2) - [The Geography of Strabo](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-hamilton-falconer.15.2.3) — Hans Claude Hamilton & William Falconer 1854, English - [Ancient India as Described in Classical Literature (Strabo, book 15)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo~en-mccrindle.15.2.3) — John Watson McCrindle 1901, English ## Linked texts (1) - [Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, cir. 600 B.C.–200 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.economy.bose-1942.v1.c20.240) — Atindranath Bose, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.strabo.15.2.3) · Pramāṇa