Image: 19th century reconstruction of a world map by Eratosthenes (c.200 BC)

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19th century reconstruction of a map of the world by Eratosthenes, c.200 BC.



The name Ariana (Aryânâ) was used to describe the region where the Iranian Plateau is found.



Source: Bunbury, E.H., A History of Ancient Geography among the Greeks and Romans from the Earliest Ages till the Fall of the Roman Empire. London: John Murray, 1883.

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