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fogata (H 23), Sagoda, now Ayodhya or Audh.

de/am (H 22), Dosara, mod. River Vaitarati.

da/ gebirg (H 26), " the mountain " occupies the site
of Uxontus mons, the E. continuation of the Vindhyas.

maliba (H 27), Maliba, a city of the Adeisathri in
central India.

ganges fl., Ganges Aurea Regio (H 20). Ptolemy mentions
no gold in connection with the Ganges or the
Gangaridae.

arcin regno (G 20), Jom and Ghil: arcia, Ariaca
regio, Ptol.

nopoli (G 18), Deopali in Ariaca, mod. Devgadh.
casta (G 22), perhaps Osta, a town of the Rhamnai.
zodra (G 25), Xodraca, E. of the Indus, in the Ran of
Kachh.

In addition to the above the following localities,
included by Ptolemy (VII 2) in India extra Gangem, are
situated in reality within India as understood by us.

amnacha (H 34), Aminachae, Himalayan tribe, N. of
the Brahmaputra.

torori (H 30), Tacoraei, now represented by the
Dakhana and Dehra in Rajputana.

bereia (H 28), Boraeta, perhaps Bharoch in Audh.

das gebirg (H 28), these " Mountains " correspond to
Bepyrus mons, that part of the Himalaya between the
Saraya and Tista rivers.

dramas fl. (I 15), Ghil: damas fl., Doanas fluvius, now
known as Brahmaputra.

ponoro (I 22), Posinara.

das gebiirg damafi (I 30), Damasa montes, the
Eastern Himalaya in Bhutam.

deana (I 35), Doanae, a tribe in Eastern Assam.

India Extra Gangem.
(Ptolemy VII., c. 2.)
India (H I 30).

cathabeda (H 20), Catabeda fl., the river of Chittagong.

topliora (H 18), Jom and Ghil: Copicora with a flag
(green with a red harp), Baracura emp., mod. Ramu,
S.S.E. of Chittagong.

cora (I 17) Jom: iaca, Ghil : Cobaand Lioro, a mutilation
of Tocosana fl., mod. Arakan or the Naf.

befugu regio (I 13), and Befugu Ara (I 15) seems to
stand for Basinga, a mart, a river, and a cannibal tribe,
which has been identified with Bassein and its river.

teneda (I 8), Temgla, a city near Cape Negrais.

aucea chforefs (I 4), Aurea Chersonesus, a general
name for the Malay Peninsula.

Syndo (I 13), Synda civitas and the Syndi, a coast
town, near Pulo Sondur.

meandra gebirge (I 20), Meandrus mons, the Yuma
chain in E. Arakan.

ferns fl. (I 20), perhaps the mod. Mekong.

vatcitis regio (I 19).

calcitis regnum hie find vil golt perg (I 24), Chalcitis
regio in qua plurima aeris metalla. This copper (not
gold) country has been identified with the country of the
Laos.

The Country of the Sinae (Southern China).
(Ptolemy VIL, c. 3.)

Samandra das gebirg (I 31), Semanthinus mons, a
fabulous mountain range to the East.

a/piata (I 26), Aspithra, a river, a town, and a tribe.
Jom and Ghil name this river Cathabeda, the towns next
to it topierra, and the river which enters the sea near it
iaca or coba, all names which properly belong to the
country East of the Ganges.

achabala (I 23), Achatara, a town.

achatra (I 19), Achadrae, a tribe.

aramea (I 17), Brama, a town.

Jtio . pi . agi (I 14), Ichthyophagi Aethiopes.

Jom and Ghil here show a town (Rhabana of Ptolemy ?)
with a flag, not visible on the original. These Ethiopian
Fish-eaters seem to have occupied the coast of Southern
China.

Then follows the following legend:—

Nit ferner hot uns tholomeus die Ptolemy has described the world

welt be/chriben aber ander hat uns no further, but the remainder has

Marco Polo und Mandavilla ge- been described by Marco Polo and

fchriben. Mandavilla.

surate (I 45) Ghil: Soram, Surata.

stare (I 5 s) Jom and Ghil: Stano, seems to stand for
statio, the last word in the legend: " Cattigara Sinarum
statio." This seems more reasonable than to assume a
corruption of thinae or Sine. Cattigara has been
identified with M. Polo's Quinsay, the mod. Hang-chau-fu,
whilst the capital of the Sinae has been sought on the
Hwang-ho (Lo-yang) or its tributary the Wei-ho (at
M. Polo's Quen-zan-fu, the mod. Si-ngan-fu).

totacofl. (18 s), Cotiaris fluvius, perhaps the river of
Canton.

India.

Place names according to Marco Polo :

bangala konikreich (K 42), bdgala (G 15), Bengal.

murfuli regio (J 13), konikreich murfili (J 14 s),

M. Polo III 29, with a royal tent and the following

legend beneath it:

In vil von de gebirg find man edel- In many of the mountains are
gefiein und deamant aber um der found precious stones and diamonds,
aehlangen willen Jind fie verkumen. but owing to the serpents they are t

Murfuli must be looked for on the Coromandel coast
at Masulipatem; the precious stones point to the famous
mines of Golconda.

maabar (I 12 s), on S.E. coast of India. See St.
Thomas.