Thorax
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 22, 2025 12:08 AM
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History
Described as a "beautiful city of the Sarabastrae" by Pliny the Elder, this ancient settlement may be identifiable with modern Tharad in the Indian state of Gujarat.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60085
24.375838452, 71.7424940058
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: BAtlas Point Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 9310 meters.
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- Thorax (30 BC - AD 300)
- Thorax member of Sarabastrae (30 BC - AD 300)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 C5 Thorax
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tharad?
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Thorax: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/60085> [accessed: 29 April 2025]
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