§15.2.8τὸ μὲν δὴ νότιον τῆς Ἀριανῆς πλευρὸν τοιαύτην τινὰ ἔχει τὴν τῆς παραλίας διάθεσιν καὶ τῆς ὑπερκειμένης πλησίον γῆς τῆς τῶν Γεδρωσίων καὶ Ὠριτῶν.
The southern side of Ariane, indeed, has such a disposition of its coast and of the adjacent land lying just above it, which belongs to the Gedrosians and Oritae.
πολλὴ δʼ ἐστὶ καὶ εἰς τὴν μεσόγαιαν ἀνέχουσα καὶ ἡ Γεδρωσία μέχρι τοῦ συνάψαι Δράγγαις τε καὶ Ἀραχωτοῖς καὶ Παροπαμισάδαις, περὶ ὧν Ἐρατοσθένης οὕτως εἴρηκεν· οὐ γὰρ ἔχομέν τι λέγειν βέλτιον περὶ αὐτῶν.
And Gedrosia also extends far into the interior until it borders on the Drangae, Arachoti, and Paropamisadae, concerning whom Eratosthenes has spoken as follows; for we have nothing better to say about them.
ὁρίζεσθαι μὲν γάρ φησι τὴν Ἀριανὴν ἐκ μὲν τῶν πρὸς ἕω τῷ Ἰνδῷ, πρὸς νότον δὲ τῇ μεγάλῃ θαλάττῃ, πρὸς ἄρκτον δὲ τῷ Παροπαμισῷ καὶ τοῖς ἑξῆς ὄρεσι μέχρι Κασπίων πυλῶν, τὰ δὲ πρὸς ἑσπέραν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ὅροις οἷς ἡ μὲν Παρθυηνὴ πρὸς Μηδίαν ἡ δὲ Καρμανία πρὸς τὴν Παραιτακηνὴν καὶ Περσίδα διώρισται·
Indeed, he says that Ariane is bounded on the east by the Indus, on the south by the great sea, on the north by the Paropamisus and the succeeding mountains as far as the Caspian Gates, and on the west by the same boundaries by which Parthylene is separated from Media and Carmania from Paraitacene and Persis.
πλάτος δὲ τῆς χώρας τὸ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ μῆκος τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ Παροπαμισοῦ μέχρι τῶν ἐκβολῶν μύριοι καὶ δισχίλιοι στάδιοι (οἱ δὲ τρισχιλίους φασί)·
The width of the country is the length of the Indus from the Paropamisus to its outlets, which is twelve thousand stadia (though some say thirteen thousand).
μῆκος δὲ ἀπὸ Κασπίων πυλῶν, ὡς ἐν τοῖς Ἀσιατικοῖς σταθμοῖς ἀναγέγραπται, διττόν.
And the length from the Caspian Gates, as recorded in the Asiatic Stations, is twofold.
μέχρι μὲν Ἀλεξανδρείας τῆς ἐν Ἀρίοις ἀπὸ Κασπίων πυλῶν διὰ τῆς Παρθυαίας μία καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ ὁδός· εἶθʼ ἡ μὲν ἐπʼ εὐθείας διὰ τῆς Βακτριανῆς καὶ τῆς ὑπερβάσεως τοῦ ὄρους εἰς Ὀρτόσπανα ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκ Βάκτρων τρίοδον ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐν τοῖς Παροπαμισάδαις· ἡ δʼ ἐκτρέπεται μικρὸν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀρίας πρὸς νότον εἰς Προφθασίαν τῆς Δραγγιανῆς· εἶτα πάλιν ἡ λοιπὴ μέχρι τῶν ὅρων τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ· ὥστε μακροτέρα ἐστὶν αὕτη ἡ διὰ τῶν Δραγγῶν καὶ Ἀραχωτῶν, σταδίων μυρίων πεντακισχιλίων τριακοσίων ἡ πᾶσα.
As far as Alexandria in Aria from the Caspian Gates, there is one and the same road through Parthyaea; then, one road goes straight through Bactriana and the passage over the mountain to Ortospana to the three-way junction from Bactra, which is in the country of the Paropamisadae; while the other turns aside a little from Aria toward the south to Prophthasia in Drangiana; and then again the remaining road goes as far as the boundaries of India and the Indus; so that this road through the Drangae and Arachoti is longer, the whole being fifteen thousand three hundred stadia.
εἰ δή τις ἀφέλοι τοὺς χιλίους τριακοσίους, ἔχοι ἂν τὸ λοιπὸν τὸ ἐπʼ εὐθείας μῆκος τῆς χώρας, μυρίων καὶ τετρακισχιλίων· οὐ πολὺ γὰρ ἔλαττον τῆς παραλίας, κἂν παραύξωσί τινες αὐτὸ πρὸς τοῖς μυρίοις τὴν Καρμανίαν ἑξακισχιλίων τιθέντες· ἢ γὰρ σὺν τοῖς κόλποις φανοῦνται τιθέντες ἢ σὺν τῇ ἐντὸς τοῦ Περσικοῦ κόλπου παραλίᾳ τῇ Καρμανικῇ.
If, then, one should subtract the thirteen hundred, one would have the remaining length of the country in a straight line, fourteen thousand stadia; for it is not much less than the coast, even if some increase it by placing Carmania at six thousand in addition to the ten thousand; for they will appear to place it either including the gulfs or including the Carmanian coast within the Persian Gulf.
ἐπεκτείνεται δὲ τοὔνομα τῆς Ἀριανῆς μέχρι μέρους τινὸς καὶ Περσῶν καὶ Μήδων καὶ ἔτι τῶν πρὸς ἄρκτον Βακτρίων καὶ Σογδιανῶν· εἰσὶ γάρ πως καὶ ὁμόγλωττοι παρὰ μικρόν.
And the name of Ariane is extended to some part of both the Persians and Medes, and further to the Bactrians and Sogdians to the north; for they are also, in a way, almost of the same language.
§15.2.9̔η δὲ τάξις τῶν ἐθνῶν τοιαύτη· παρὰ μὲν τὸν Ἰνδὸν οἱ Παροπαμισάδαι, ὧν ὑπέρκειται ὁ Παροπαμισὸς ὄρος, εἶτʼ Ἀραχωτοὶ πρὸς νότον, εἶτʼ ἐφεξῆς πρὸς νότον Γεδρωσηνοὶ σὺν τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῖς τὴν παραλίαν ἔχουσιν· ἅπασι δὲ παρὰ τὰ πλάτη τῶν χωρίων παράκειται ὁ Ἰνδός.
The arrangement of the tribes is as follows: along the Indus are the Paropamisadae, above whom lies the Paropamisus mountain; then the Arachoti to the south; then in succession to the south the Gedroseni, along with the others who hold the coast; and the Indus runs alongside all of these along the widths of their countries.
* τούτων δʼ ἐκ μέρους τῶν παρὰ τὸν Ἰνδὸν ἔχουσί τινα Ἰνδοὶ πρότερον ὄντα Περσῶν, ἃ ἀφείλετο μὲν ὁ Ἀλέξανδρος τῶν Ἀριανῶν καὶ κατοικίας ἰδίας συνεστήσατο, ἔδωκε δὲ Σέλευκος ὁ Νικάτωρ Σανδροκόττῳ, συνθέμενος ἐπιγαμίαν καὶ ἀντιλαβὼν ἐλέφαντας πεντακοσίους.
Of these, the Indians hold a certain part along the Indus, which formerly belonged to the Persians, which Alexander took away from the Ariani and established settlements of his own, but Seleucus Nicator gave to Sandrocottus, having made a marriage alliance and received in return five hundred elephants.
τοῖς Παροπαμισάδαις δὲ παράκεινται πρὸς τὴν ἑσπέραν Ἄριοι, τοῖς δὲ Ἀραχωτοῖς Δράγγαι καὶ τοῖς Γεδρωσίοις· οἱ δʼ Ἄριοι τοῖς Δράγγαις ἅμα καὶ πρὸς ἄρκτον παράκεινται καὶ πρὸς ἑσπέραν, ἐγκυκλούμενοι μικρά πως· ἡ δὲ Βακτριανὴ τῇ τε Ἀρίᾳ πρὸς ἄρκτον παράκειται καὶ τοῖς Παροπαμισάδαις, διʼ ὧνπερ Ἀλέξανδρος ὑπερέβαλε τὸν Καύκασον ἐλαύνων τὴν ἐπὶ Βάκτρων· πρὸς ἑσπέραν δὲ ἐφεξῆς εἰσι τοῖς Ἀρίοις Παρθυαῖοι καὶ τὰ περὶ τὰς Κασπίους πύλας· πρὸς νότον δὲ τούτοις ἡ ἔρημος τῆς Καρμανίας, εἶθʼ ἡ λοιπὴ Καρμανία καὶ Γεδρωσία.
Alongside the Paropamisadae to the west are the Arii, and alongside the Arachoti and Gedrosii are the Drangae; and the Arii are adjacent to the Drangae both to the north and to the west, surrounding them to a small extent; and Bactriana lies adjacent to Aria to the north and to the Paropamisadae, through whose country Alexander crossed the Caucasus when marching to Bactra; to the west, next to the Arii, are the Parthyaei and the region around the Caspian Gates; to the south of these is the desert of Carmania, and then the rest of Carmania and Gedrosia.