India
- Ancient name
- India
- Modern name
- India
- Modern country
- India
- Coordinates
- 22.5, 77.5
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364290
In medieval usage, India refers generally to the Indian subcontinent beyond the Indian Sea. More specifically, a division of the Indian subcontinent into India west of the Ganges and India east of the Ganges suggests Ptolemaic influence. See also Taprobana (Sri Lanka).
The toponym India appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P073
Variant spellings of India in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Endia | Ricc15 |
| I[n]dia | Pal5 |
| india | Ashb2, Bal, Fn12, Fn6, Fo, Laur5, Magl4, Par1, Spe, Yale4 |
| India | Barb4, Bos, Chig2, Con3, He3, Marc1, Morg, NB, New, Pad1, Par3 |
| INDIA | Ashb4, BL01, BL02, Barb3, Borg, Chig1, Con1, Con4, Fn8, Fn9, He2, Laur3, Med3, NB, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc14, Ricc8, To2, Urb1, Vat3 |
| INdia | Cs1, Ricc9 |
| INdIA | Magl2, Pal6 |
| Iuda | Parm2 |
| udia | Fn3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “India.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/india/.