Res gestae 23.6.12: Persia, the Indian sea and the Ganges

23.6.12

Ergo permeatis angustiis ante dictis venitur ad Carmaniae sinum orienti obiectum. Inde longo intervallo cantichus nomine panditur sinus australis, haut procul inde alius, quem vocant Chaliten occiduo obnoxius sideri. Hinc praestrictis pluribus insulis, e quibus paucae sunt notae, Indorum mari iunguntur oceano, qui ferventem solis exortum suscipit omnium primus, ipse quoque nimium calens.

After passing the strait which has been mentioned, one comes to the bay of Carmania facing the east. Then, a long distance to the south, the bay of Canthicus opens, and not far off is another, called Chalites, facing the setting sun. Next, after one has skirted many islands, few of which are well known, those bays unite with the Indian ocean, which is first of all to receive the glowing sun when it rises, and is itself also exceedingly warm.