The Greeks in Bactria and India c14.8
The Greeks in Bactria and India c14.8
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c14.8
The Periplus (48) and Ptolemy (VII, 1, 62) both call the city of Ujjain ’Οζήνη. This has nothing to do with the -ηνῃ names; it is merely someone’s transliteration into Greek letters of the sound of the Indian name Ujjahini. It suggests however that other similar transliterations may exist.