[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Principate (31 BCE – 300 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial) › [Naturalis historia](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder) › 6.70 # Naturalis historia 6.70 Naturalis historia 6.70 - **Language:** Latin ### [6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.70) a Gange versa ad meridiem plaga tinguntur sole populi, iam quidem infecti, nondum tamen Aethiopum modo exusti; quantum ad Indum accedunt, tantum colore praeferunt. Indus statim a Prasiorum gente, quorum in montanis Pygmaei traduntur. Artemidorus inter duos amnes |XXI| interesse tradit. > The river Jomanes runs into the Ganges through the territory of the Palibothri, between the cities of Methora and Chrysobora. In the regions which lie to the south of the Ganges, the people are tinted by the heat of the sun, so much so as to be quite coloured, but yet not burnt black, like the Æthiopians. The nearer they approach the Indus, the deeper their colour, a proof of the heat of the climate. After leaving the nation of the Prasii, we immediately come to the Indus; in the mountains of the Prasii a race of Pygmies is said to exist. Artemidorus says that between these two rivers there is a distance of two thousand one hundred miles. > — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, The Natural History of Pliny - [Previous: 6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.69) - [Next: 6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.71) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6) ## Translations (1) - [The Natural History of Pliny](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder~en-bostock-riley.6.22.5) — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.6.70) · Pramāṇa