Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s2.t1.146

c8.s2.t1.146

1. Baktriane (Bāhlīka) is bounded on the west by Margiane along the side already described, on the north and east by Sogdiane, along the rest of the course of the River Oxos (Vamkṣu, Amu Darya), and on the south by the rest of Areia, extending from the extreme point towards Margiane, the position of which is 109°, 39°, and by the Paropanisadai along the parallel thence prolonged, through where the range of Paropanisos (Hindu Kush) diverges towards the sources of the Oxos which lie in 119° 30′, 39°.