Kitap 11
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The Taurus has in many places a breadth of 3000 stadia; its length equals that of Asia, namely 45,000 stadia,The following are the measurements of our author: Stadia. From Rhodes to Issus 5,000 From Issus to the Caspian Gates 10,000 From the Caspian Gates to the sources of the Indus 14,000 From the Indus to the mouth of the Ganges 13,500 From thence to Thinae 2,500 45,000 reckoning from the continent opposite to Rhodes to the eastern extremities of India and Scythia.
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It is divided into many parts, which are circumscribed by boundaries of greater or less extent, and distinguished by various names.
1.4
But as such an extended range of mountains must comprise nations some of which are little known, and others with whom we are well acquainted, as Parthians,Strabo calls the Parthians, Parthyaei; and Parthia, Pathyaea. Medes, Armenians, some of the Cappadocians, Cilicians, and Pisidians; those which approach near the northern parts must be assigned to the north, (northern Asia,) those approximating the southern parts, to the south, (southern Asia,) and those situated in the middle of the mountains must be placed on account of the similarity of the temperature of the air, for it is cold to the north, while the air of the south is warm.
