Pliny the Elder, Natural History 6.64
Naturalis historia 6.64
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6.64
quas memorare non pigeat, a montibus Hemodis, quorum promunturium Imaus vocatur incolarum lingua nivosumsic significante, Isari, Cosiri, Izi et per iuga Chirotosagi multarumque gentium cognomen Bragmanae, quorum Mactocalingae; flumina Prinas et Cainnas, quod in Gangen influit, ambo navigabilia; gentes Calingae mari proximi et supra Mandaei, Malli quorum mons Mallus, finisque tractus eius Ganges.
The nations whom it may be not altogether inopportune to mention, after passing the Emodian Mountains, a cross range of which is called "Imaus," a word which, in the language of the natives, signifies "snowy," are the Isari, the Cosyri, the Izi, and, upon the chain of mountains, the Chisiotosagi, with numerous peoples, which have the surname of Brachmanæ, among whom are the Maccocalingæ. There are also the rivers Prinas and Cainas, which last flows into the Ganges, both of them navigable streams. The nation of the Calingæ comes nearest to the sea, and above them are the Mandei and the Malli. In the territory of the last-named people is a mountain called Mallus: the boundary of this region is the river Ganges.
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- The Natural History of Pliny — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, English