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India west of the Ganges

Modern name
India & Pakistan
Modern country
India, Pakistan
The Ptolemaic tradition often separates India—the Indian subcontinent—into India-west-of-the-Ganges and India-east-of-the-Ganges.
Coordinates
26.03, 78.03
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M095

Variant spellings of India west of the Ganges in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Indya intra gangona Bos
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “India west of the Ganges.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/india-west-of-the-ganges/.