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Indus River

Ancient name
Indus River
Modern name
Indus River
Modern country
India/Pakistan
The Indus River rises in Tibet and flows mostly through what is now Pakistan before emptying into the Arabian Sea. Like other central Asian rivers such as the Iaxartes, it is not common on the Sfera maps and its appearance suggests Ptolemaic influence.
Coordinates
29.76, 70.84
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M075

Variant spellings of Indus River in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Indo fiume Bos
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Indus River.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/indus-river/.