Ancient India as described by Megasthenês and Arrian/Frag. XV.
Fragm. XV.
Strabo, XV. i. 56,—pp. 710-711.
Of the Beasts of India, and the Reed.
He (Megasthenês) says there are monkeys, rollers of rocks, which climb precipices whence they roll down stones upon their pursuers. 2Most animals, he says, which are tame with us are wild in India, and he speaks of horses which are one-horned and have heads like those of deer; 3and also of reeds some of which grow straight up to the height of thirty orguiæ,[1] while others grow along the ground to the length of fifty. They vary in thickness from three to six cubits in diameter.
- ↑ The orguia was four cubits, or equal to 6 feet 1 inch.