Gandaridae(56 words)
[German version]
also Gangaridae. Mentioned in accounts of Alexander's campaign ( Alexander [4], with map) and in Megasthenes as a powerful people in India. They lived east of the Prasii on the lower Ganges. Also mentioned in Ptol. 7,1,81.
Karttunen, Klaus (Helsinki)
Bibliography
D. C. Sircar, Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India, 1971, 213ff.
Cite this page
Karttunen, Klaus (Helsinki),
“Gandaridae”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 05 March 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e418790>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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