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English: Ptolemy's 9th Asian Map, depicting the lands just west of the Indus River during classical antiquity.
Date 21 May 2013 23:11:37
Source An edition of G. Mercator's atlas, issued at Duisburg. Compare 1584 reprint.
Author Ptolemy
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