Kitap 15
2.10
The southern parts of the Paropamisus belong to India and Ariana; the northern parts towards the west belong to Bactriana [towards the east to Sogdiana * *The text is corrupt; the words between brackets are supplied by Kramer’s conjecture. See b. xi. c. xi. § 2. Bactrian barbarians]. Having wintered there, with India above to the right hand, and having founded a city, he crossed the summits of the mountains into Bactriana. The road was bare of everything except a few trees of the bushy terminthus;Theophrastus, iv. 5. The Pistatia-nut tree. the army was driven from want of food to eat the flesh of the beasts or burthen, and that in a raw state for want of firewood; but silphium grew in great abundance, which promoted the digestion of this raw food. Fifteen days after founding the city and leaving winter quarters, he came to AdrapsaBamian, see b. xi. c. xi. § 2. (Darapsa?), a city of Bactriana.
