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The Taurus has in many places a breadth of 3000 stadia; its length equals that of Asia, namely 45,000 stadia,  ⁱ [ 892 The following are the measurements of our author: Stadia. From Rhodes to Issus 5,000 From Issus to the Caspian Gates 10,000 From the Caspian Gates to the sources of the Indus 14,000 From the Indus to the mouth of the Ganges 13,500 From thence to Thinæ 2,500   ———   45,000 ] [Pg 216] [CAS. 491] reckoning from the continent opposite to Rhodes to the eastern extremities of India and Scythia.