Pliny the Elder, Natural History 6.67

6.67

insula in Gauge est magnae amplitudinis, gentem continens unam, nomine Modogalingam. ultra siti sunt Modubae, Molindae, Vberae cum oppido eiusdem nominis magnifico, Modressae, Praeti, Calissae, Sasuri, Passalae, Colebae, Orumcolae, Abali, Thalutae. rex horum peditum L???, equitum IIII, elephantorumIIII in armis habet. validior deinde gens Andarae, plurimis vicis, XXX oppidis quae muris turribusque muniuntur, regi praebet peditum C???, equitumn II, elephantos M. fertilissimi sunt auri Dardae, Setae vero et argenti.

In the Ganges there is an island of very considerable size, inhabited by a single nation; it is called Modogalinga. Beyond the Ganges are situate the Modubæ, the Molindæ, the Uberæ, with a magnificent city of the same name, the Modresi, the Preti, the Caloæ, the Sasuri, the Passalæ, the Colobæ, the Orumcolæ, the Abali, and the Thalutæ. The king of the last-named people has fifty thousand foot-soldiers, four thousand horse, and four hundred armed elephants. We next come to a still more powerful nation, the Andaræ, who dwell in numerous villages, as well as thirty cities fortified with walls and towers. They furnish for their king one hundred thousand foot, two thousand horse, and a thousand elephants. The country of the Dardæ is the most productive of gold, that of the Setæ of silver.