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About The Book -: This treatise must have been composed in the interests of chartography rather than of geography, for the author's aim is not so much to describe the earth's surface as to lay down the principles on which maps should be constructed, and to determine the latitude and longitude of places with a view to their being mapped in their proper positions. Philologists, however, have made persistent efforts to penetrate the disguise which conceals the original forms of the names so much distorted by Ptolemy, and have succeeded in establishing a great number of satisfactory identifications, as well as in hitting upon others which have a balance of probability in their favour. Ptolemaic geography of particular portions of India. I have consulted with great advantage such works as the following — Wilson's Ariana Antiqua, General Cunningham's Geography of Ancient India, and his Reports on the Archaeological Survey of India ; Bishop Caldwell's Introduction to his Dravidian Grammar, valuable for identification of places in the south of the Peninsula; the Bombay Gazetteer. About The Translator -: Ohn Watson McCrindle (1825 - 1913, West Cliff-on-Sea) was a Scottish classical philologist and educator who wrote several major works on references to India in ancient classical writings. McCrindle was the son of John McCrindle and was born near Maybole, Ayrshire and went to the University of Edinburgh where he received the Stratton Gold Medal in 1853. He graduated BA in 1854 and MA in 1855 and taught for a while in Edinburgh schools before moving to India in 1859 to become Principal of the Doveton College in Calcutta. He became a professor at Patna College and later at Krishnagar College. He became the first principal of Patna College from 1867 and retired in 1880. He founded a school for girls in Patna. He wrote a number of works (first in the Indian Antiquary and later as books) on ancient India as described in the works of Ctesias, Megasthenes and Arrian; the Periplus Maris Erythraei ("Coastal Cruise of the Red Sea"); Ptolemy's geography of India and the invasion of India by Alexander the Great. The Title 'Ancient India: as described by Ptolemy written/authored/edited by Translated by J.W. McCrindle', published in the year 2021. The ISBN 9788121211710 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 394 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-