Saraostus (also Saurashtra in Indian) was the name given by the Greeks to the area of Surat, the southeastern part of today's Indian state of Gujarat, bordering the city of Bombay. Surat is a district in the state of Gujarat with Surat city as the administrative headquarters of this district. ... Gujarat (ગà«àªœàª°àª¾àª¤ in Gujarati) is the most industrialized state in India after Maharashtra and is located in western India, bordered by Pakistan to the northwest and Rajasthan to the north. ... This article or section should be merged with Mumbai Mumbai (previously known as Bombay) is the worlds most populous conurbation, and is the sixth most populous agglomeration in the world. ...
"The Greeks ... took possession, not only of Patalena, but also, on the rest of the coast, of what is called the kingdom of Saraostus and Sigerdis. In short, Apollodorus says that Bactriana is the ornament of Ariana as a whole; and, more than that, they extended their empire even as far as the Seres and the Phryni." (Strabo 11.11.1 [1])
An inscription of Ashoka (circa 250 BCE) was discovered on a rock at Girnar, near Junagarh in Saurashtra, showing that the area was controlled by the Mauryas from the capital of Pataliputra. Sindh (Sind) سندھ is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and is home to the Sindhis and various other groups. ... Seres (ΣηÏες) was the ancient Greek and Roman name for the northwestern part of China and its inhabitants. ... The Phryni were an ancient people of eastern Central Asia, probably located in the eastern part of the Tarim Basin, in an area connected to that of the Seres and the Tocharians. ... For other meanings, see Ashoka (disambiguation). ...
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