[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Late Antiquity (300 – 700)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.late) › Avienus, Description of the World # Avienus, Description of the World (Descriptio orbis terrae) Latin verse adaptation of Dionysius Periegetes: India, its rivers Indus, Hydaspes, Acesines and Ganges, its peoples, gems and Bacchus' conquest, and Taprobane. - **Language:** Latin - **Date:** 360–390 CE - **Author:** [Postumius Rufius Festus Avienus](https://indike.org/pramana/person/avienus) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) ## Based on - [Οἰκουμένης περιήγησις](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.dionysius-periegetes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.late.avienus](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.late.avienus) · Pramāṇa