[404] Ælian de Nat. Animal. xvii. 21.
[405] Bird of paradise?
[406] Not far from the present Anopschir on the Ganges, south-east from Delhi. Groskurd.
[407] Patalputer, b. ii. c. i. § [9].
[408] Probably the Iomanes.
[409] A subordinate town in the pachalic of Aleppo, and its modern name is still Antakieh. It was anciently distinguished as Antioch by the Orontes, because it was situated on the left bank of that river, where its course turns abruptly to the west, after running northwards between the ranges of Lebanon and Antilebanon, and also Antioch by Daphne, because of the celebrated grove of Daphne which was consecrated to Apollo, in the immediate neighbourhood.
[410] In Dion Cassius, liv. ix. he is called Zarmanus, a variation probably of Garmanus, see above, § 60. Chegas, or Sheik, seems to be the Tartar title Chan or Khan, which may be detected also in the names Musi-canus, Porti-canus, Oxy-canus, Assa-canus. Vincent, Voyage of Nearchus, p. 129. Groskurd writes Zarmanos Chanes.
[411] Bargosa is probably a corruption of Barygaza mentioned in Arrian’s Periplus of the Red Sea. It was a large mart on the north of the river Nerbudda, now Baroatsch or Barutsch. Groskurd.
[412] “Beyond,” as Strabo has just been speaking of India, with reference to which Ariana is to the west of the Indus.
[413] To the south of the great chain bearing that name, extending from west to east of Asia.