Krishna/Maisolos (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M.U. Erdosy Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 07, 2026 10:00 PM
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History
The modern Krishna river in India was known to Ptolemy as Maisolos.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50104
16.5754296307, 77.2364831777
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Krishna River (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Krishna (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- కృష్ణా నది (Kr̥ṣṇā nadi: Telugu, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Μαισόλος (Maisolos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 D3 Maisolos fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kṛṣṇa
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Krishna/Maisolos (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50104> [accessed: 10 May 2026]
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