 | Arrian - India - 1812 - 294 pages
...any eminence are frequently built with brick and mortar. The capital city of India is Palimbothra, in the confines of the Prasii, near the confluence of the two great river* Erannoboas and Granges. Erannoboas is reckoned the third river throughout all India, and is... | |
 | Arrian - 1813 - 272 pages
...which are seated on an eminence, are frequently built with brick and mortar. The capital city of India is Palibothra, in the confines of the Prasii, near the confluence of the two great rivers Erannoboas and Ganges. Erannoboas is reckoned the third Fiver throughout all India, and is inferior... | |
 | Asia - 1845 - 574 pages
...Translation,) who derived his informstion from the Journal of Megasthenes, says — "The capital city of India is Palibothra, in the confines of the Prasii, near the confluence of the two great rivers Erannoboas and Ganges. Erranoboas is reckoned the third river throughout India, and is inferior to... | |
 | Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - Brahmanism - 1856 - 526 pages
...frequently built of brick and mortar." He then goes on to speak of Palibothra, the chief city of India, " in the confines of the Prasii, near the confluence of the two great rivers the Erannoboas and the Ganges," which means Patna, near the confluence of the Sone and the Ganges.... | |
 | Sir Alexander Cunningham - India - 1871 - 732 pages
...on the authority of Megasthenes, whose account is preserved by Arrian.* " The capital city of India is Palibothra, in the confines of the Prasii, near the confluence of the two great rivers Erannoboas and Ganges. Eraunoboas is reckoned the third river throughout all India, and is inferior... | |
 | Edward Balfour - India - 1873 - 1038 pages
...authority of Megaethenes, whose асBat is preserved by Arrian. The capital 449 PATALIPUTRA. city of India is Palibothra, in the confines of the Prasii, near the confluence of the two great rivers Erannoboas and Ganges. Krannoboas is reckoned the third river throughout all India, and is inferior... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - Bengal (India) - 1877 - 436 pages
...excess of the actual distance. He proceeds to describe Palibothra as the capital city of India, on the confines of the Prasii, near the confluence of the two great rivers Erannoboas and Ganges. The Erannoboas, he says, is reckoned the third river throughout all India, and... | |
 | Edward Balfour - Asia, Southeastern - 1885 - 1210 pages
...of Megasthenes, whose account is preserved by Arrian. That writer says — The capital city of India is Palibothra, in the confines of the Prasii, near the confluence of the two great rivers Erannoboas and Ganges. Eranuoboas is reckoned the third river throughout all India, and is inferior... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - India - 1886 - 536 pages
...excess of the actual distance. He proceeds to describe Palibothra as the capital city of India, on the confines of the Prasii, near the confluence of the two great rivers Erannoboas and Ganges. The Erannoboas, he says, is reckoned the third river throughout all India, and... | |
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Eraunoboas is reckoned the third river throughout all India, and is inferior to none but the Indus and the Ganges, into the last of which it discharges its waters. Megasthenes assures us that the length of this city is... 