[480] Sinub.
[481] The great chain of the Taurus was supposed to occupy the whole breadth of Asia Minor, a space of 3000 stadia. Eratosthenes is here attempting to prove that these mountains occupy a like space in the north of India.
[482] Lit. to the equinoctial rising.
[483] Another designation of the Caspian.
[484] Balk.
[485] Read 18,100 stadia.
[486] i. e. The breadth of India.
[487] Literally, “estimate at so much,” referring to the estimate at the conclusion of § 2.
[488] Caucasus, in the north of India.
[489] By the term ἑῴα θάλαττα, rendered “eastern ocean,” we must understand Strabo to mean the Bay of Bengal.