 | India - 1927 - 1010 pages
...Chryse. There is a river near it called the Ganges, and it rises a-nd falls in the same way as the Nile. On its bank is a market-town which has the same name as the river Ganges."1 Commenting on this passage Mr. Schoff says "Ganges. — The name is applied in the same paragraph... | |
 | Steven G. Darian - History - 2001 - 252 pages
...(probably Tamralipti), and the river itself. "On its banks," says the anonymous author, "is a market town which has the same name as the river Ganges. Through...place are brought malabathrum and Gangetic spikenard, pearls, and muslins of the finest sorts, which are called Gangetic." Both malabathrum and spikenard... | |
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There is a river near it called the Ganges. On its bank Is a market town which has the same name as the river Ganges. Through this place are brought malaba thrum, and Gangetic spikenard and pearls and muslins of the finest sorts which are called Gangetic... 