Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

Other Indians dwell near the town of Caspatyrus and the Pactyic country,[*](N.E. Afghanistan. Caspatyrus (or Caspapyrus) is said to be probably Cabul.) north of the rest of +India [77,20] (nation), Asia India; these live like the Bactrians; they are of all Indians the most warlike, and it is they who are sent for the gold; for in these parts all is desolate because of the sand.