Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s1.7

c8.s1.7

42. Beyond this there is another gulf exposed to the sea-waves, running up toward the north, at the mouth of which there is an island called Baeones (Piram Island) ; at its innermost part there is a great river called Mais (Mahi). Those sailing to Barygaza pass across this gulf, which is three hundred stadia in width, leaving behind to their left the island just visible from their tops toward the east, straight to the very mouth of the river of Barygaza ; and this river is called Nammadus (Narmadā).