The Classical Accounts of India c16.1

c16.1

Ptolemy's *Treatise on Geography* forms the sequel of his famous work on *Astronomy* Both these works had the unique distinction of being regarded as authentic and standard treatises until quite recent times, and it may be said that they governed the world's opinion on these two subjects for a period of nearly 1300 years Even now, when discoveries of modern times have brought to light its grave and manifold errors, Ptolemaic Geography has been the subject of many learned dissertations