[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916) › c8.42 # Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c8.42 Intercourse between India and the Western World from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Rome c8.42 - **Language:** English ### [c8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.42) ¹ Megasthenes \*apud\* Pliny, vi. 18. 65. Arrian (\*Indika\*, iv) states that according to Megasthenes, the Ganges in places spreads out into lakes which are so wide that it is impossible to see from shore to shore! It is difficult to believe that Megasthenes made such a statement. See Schwanbeck, \*Frag.\* xx. B and xxv. - [Previous: c8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.41) - [Next: c8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.43) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8) ## Cites (2) - [Ἰνδική](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.gr.roman.arrian.indica.4) — Λούκιος Φλάουιος Ἀρριανός, Ancient Greek - [Naturalis historia](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder) — C. Plinius Secundus, Latin --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rawlinson-1916.c8.42) · Pramāṇa