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[3] The Taurus has in many places a breadth of 3000 stadia; its length equals that of Asia, namely 45,000 stadia,1 reckoning from the continent opposite to Rhodes to the eastern extremities of India and Scythia.
| 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 Thin | 2,500 |
| —— | |
| 45,000 |
The Geography of Strabo. Literally translated, with notes, in three volumes. London. George Bell & Sons. 1903.
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