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Gedrosia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Roaf

Contributors: Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Brian Z. Lund, Richard Talbert, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, Ryan Horne

Last modified Aug 30, 2022 03:12 PM — History

Gedrosia was a mountainous region covering parts of what is today southeastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29573

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
26.6083300854, 63.895823413

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (550 BC - AD 640)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Γαδρωσία (Gadrosia: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Gedrosia (Latin, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Γεδρωσία (Gedrosia: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Κεδρωσία (Kedrosia: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 640)

Gedrosia makes connections with:

Gedrosia part of (regional) Balochistan (region) (unspecified date range)

Gedrosia receives connections from:

Caumatis/Kanate/Kanthatis part of (regional) Gedrosia (unspecified date range)

Place type:
region, map label location

References:

See Further:

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 H4 Gedrosia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Baluchistan-Makran IRN/PAK

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Suggested citation:
M. Roaf, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Brian Z. Lund, Richard Talbert, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, and Ryan Horne, 'Gedrosia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29573> [accessed: 07 June 2023]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29573 |title=Places: 29573 (Gedrosia) |author=Roaf, M. |accessdate=June 7, 2023 8:53 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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