Historical Geography of Ancient India c9.156

c9.156

Minnagar.—It was the capital of Lower Sindh in the 2nd century of the Christian era. The actual position of this place is doubtful (C.A.G.I., pp. 330ff.). According to the *Periplus of the Erythraean Sea* it was the capital of Indo-Scythia. Ptolemy knew it as Binagara (McCrindle’s *Ancient India as described by Ptolemy*, p. 152). Dr. D. R. Bhandarkar holds that it may be identified with Mandasor. The author of the *Periplus* mentions king Mambarus (identified by some with Nahapāṇa) whose capital was Minnagar in Ariake which is Aparāntika.