The Classical Accounts of India c13.82
The Classical Accounts of India c13.82
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c13.82
59. From Comari (towards the south) the country extends as far as Colchoi, where the fishing for pearls is carried on. Condemned criminals are employed in this service. King Pandion is the owner of the fishery. To Colchoi succeeds another coast lying along a gulf having a district in the interior bearing the name of Argalu.⁶¹ In this single place are obtained the pearls (collected near the island of Epiodoros).⁶² From it are exported the muslins called ebargareitides.⁶³