Book 15
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The (Pramnae) Townsmen are occupied in civil affairs, dwell in cities, and wear fine linen, or (as Countrymen they live) in the fields, clothed in the skins of fawns or antelopes. In short, the Indians wear white garments, white linen and muslin, contrary to the accounts of those who say that they wear garments of a bright colour; all of them wear long hair and long beards, plait their hair, and bind it with a fillet.
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Artemidorus says that the Ganges descends from the Emoda mountains and proceeds towards the south; when it arrives at the city Ganges,Not far from the present Anopschir on the Ganges, south-east from Delhi. Groskurd. it turns to the east, and keeps this direction as far as Palibothra,Patalputer, b. ii. c. i. § 9. and the mouth by which it discharges itself into the sea. He calls one of the rivers which flow into it Oedanes,Probably the Iomanes. which breeds crocodiles and dolphins. Some other circumstances besides are mentioned by him, but in so confused and negligent a manner that they are not to be regarded. To these accounts may be added that of Nicolaus Damascenus.
