Rhodopha
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).
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Feb 27, 2025 08:20 PM
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History
Rhodopha was an ancient settlement listed in an itinerary in Megasthenes' Indika as transmitted by the Elder Pliny. As a tentative identification, BAtlas silently followed Rawlinson, who writes "Said to be Dabhai near Anupshahr" (p. 42 n. 3).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60019
28.1271436877, 78.3109032144
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: BAtlas Point Location (330 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 9310 meters.
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- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 D4 Rhodopha
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Dabhai?
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Rhodopha: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60019> [accessed: 19 April 2025]
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