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Gangaridai ( ''Gangaridae''; (ベンガル語:গঙ্গাঋদ্ধি) ''Gônggarriddhi'', ''meaning "Wealth of the Ganges"'' ; ''Ganga Rashtra'', ''meaning "Nation on the River Ganges"'') was an ancient state found around 300 BC where the Bengal region lies today (present-day Bangladesh and the West Bengal state in India). It was described by the Greek traveller Megasthenes in his work ''Indica''. Greek and Latin historians suggested that Alexander the Great withdrew from India, anticipating the valiant joint counterattack of the mighty Gangaridai and Prasii (Nanda) Empires, the latter located in central Bihar. ==Location== Ptolemy (c.90 – c.168), wrote that the Gangaridai occupied the entire region about the five mouths of the Ganges and that the royal residence was in the city of "Ganges". The five mouths were: # The Kambyson # The Mega # The Kamberikhon # The Pseudostomon # The Antibole The Periplus refers Gangaridai to be located on the Bay of Bengal north to the port city of Dosarene in Kalinga (ancient Odisha). Its main city, with the same name as the river Ganges, was on the bank of the river. Strabo, Pliny, Arrian, ''et al.'' compiled a map of India as known to the early Greeks, based on ''Indica'' of Megasthenes (4th century BC), where the Gangaridai state has been shown in the lower Ganges and its tributaries. However, all the Greek, Latin and Egyptian accounts about Gangaridai suggest that the country was located in the deltaic region of Southern Bengal. Periplus mentions the city of Pataliputra, which is north of Tosali or Dosarne, and which based on the map, lies next to the Ganges and is at the heart of Ganga as it flows from the Himalayas to the sea. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gangaridai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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