Kathaioi/Xathroi
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors:
Ryan Horne, R. Talbert, Michael Heubel, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 15, 2022 12:44 PM
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History
The Kathaioi/Xathroi were a people of ancient India subjugated by Alexander the Great. Their territory lay in the Punjab either to the east of the Hydraotes or between the Hydaspes and Acesines rivers.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59871
32.2227418581, 74.6718899869
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 9310 meters.
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 C3 Kathaioi/Xathroi
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: people between R. Ravi and R. Chenab Skt.: Katha
M.U. Erdosy, Ryan Horne, R. Talbert, Michael Heubel, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Richard Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Kathaioi/Xathroi: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59871> [accessed: 23 June 2025]
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