Sigerdis
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Sigerdis is a name given by the ancient Greeks to a part of the northwestern Indian subcontinent
. It seems to correspond to the Sindhu desh, the delta of the Indus river, today's area of Sindh
in southern Pakistan
.
Referring to the conquests of the Indo-Greeks in the 2nd century BCE, Strabo
writes that:
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent, also Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Pak Subcontinent or South Asian Subcontinent is a region of the Asian continent on the Indian tectonic plate from the Hindu Kush or Hindu Koh, Himalayas and including the Kuen Lun and Karakoram ranges, forming a land mass which extends...
. It seems to correspond to the Sindhu desh, the delta of the Indus river, today's area of Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
in southern Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
Referring to the conquests of the Indo-Greeks in the 2nd century BCE, Strabo
Strabo
Strabo, also written Strabon was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.-Life:Strabo was born to an affluent family from Amaseia in Pontus , a city which he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the Black Sea...
writes that:
- "The Greeks... took possession, not only of Patalena, but also, on the rest of the coast, of what is called the kingdom of SaraostusSaraostusSaraostus was the name given by the Greeks to the area of Saurashtra and parts of south-western Gujarat....
and Sigerdis. In short, Apollodorus says that Bactriana is the ornament of Ariana as a whole; and, more than that, they extended their empire even as far as the SeresSeresSeres was the ancient Greek and Roman name for the inhabitants of eastern Central Asia. It meant "of silk," or people of the "land where silk comes from." The country of the Seres was Serica....
and the PhryniPhryniThe Phryni were an ancient people of eastern Central Asia, probably located in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin, in an area connected to that of the Seres and the Tocharians.They are mentioned several times in Classical sources....
." (Strabo 11.11.1 )