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Choaspes (river)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M.U. Erdosy

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Aug 15, 2021 01:08 PM — History

The Choaspes flows from the Hindu Kush mountains to the Indus river in what is now Afghanistan.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59773

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
30.7403674433, 73.2261416633

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (330 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Χοάσπης (Choaspes: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Garoias (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Gouraios (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Parospus (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Choaspes (river) makes connections with:

Choaspes (river) flows into Indus/Sinthos/Phison (river) (unspecified date range)

Choaspes (river) receives connections from:

Gorys/Gorya connection Choaspes (river) (unspecified date range)

Place type:
river, drainage

References:

Evidence:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 C3 Choaspes fl.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: combined streams of Swāt (Souastos) and Panjkora (Gouraios) Skt.: Gaurī

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Suggested citation:
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Choaspes (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59773> [accessed: 02 February 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59773 |title=Places: 59773 (Choaspes (river)) |author=Erdosy, M. |accessdate=February 2, 2025 12:35 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Choaspes (river)