Scylax of Caryanda
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Scylax of Caryanda was a renowned Carian explorer of the 6th century BCE.In about 515 BCE, Scylax was sent by King Darius I of Persia to follow the course of the Indus River and discover where it led.Scylax and his companions set out from city of Caspatyrus in Gandara, in today''s Afganistan. Scylax sailed down the river until he found it reached the sea. He then sailed west across Indian Ocean until he arrived at the Red Sea, which he also explored. He travelled as…mehr

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Scylax of Caryanda was a renowned Carian explorer of the 6th century BCE.In about 515 BCE, Scylax was sent by King Darius I of Persia to follow the course of the Indus River and discover where it led.Scylax and his companions set out from city of Caspatyrus in Gandara, in today''s Afganistan. Scylax sailed down the river until he found it reached the sea. He then sailed west across Indian Ocean until he arrived at the Red Sea, which he also explored. He travelled as far as the Red Sea''s western end at Suez, before returning to report to Darius I. His entire journey took thirty months.