Editing Patalene

{{Short description|Region in antiquity corresponding to Sindh}}
{{for|the moth|Patalene (moth)}}
[[File:Sindh in Pakistan (claims hatched).svg|thumb|Location of Patalene (modern Sindh) in Pakistan.]] 
'''Patalene''' ({{langx|grc|Παταληνή}}) or '''Pattalene''' ({{langx|grc|Πατταληνή}}) was an ancient area of the [[Indian subcontinent]], now in modern [[Pakistan]], that corresponds to the area of [[Sind]].

The [[Indo-Greeks]] are mentioned in ancient sources as having occupied the areas of the Patalene ([[Sindh]]) and [[Gujarat]], including the strategic harbour of [[Barygaza]] ([[Bharuch]]),<ref>"Menander became the ruler of a kingdom extending along the coast of western India, including the whole of [[Saraostus|Saurashtra]] and the harbour [[Bharuch|Barukaccha]]. His territory also included Mathura, the Punjab, Gandhara and the Kabul Valley", Bussagli p101</ref> conquests also attested by coins dating from the Indo-Greek ruler [[King Apollodotus I|Apollodotus I]] and by several ancient writers (Strabo 11; [[Periplus of the Erythraean Sea]], Chap. 41/47):<ref>Tarn, p.147-149</ref>

{{quote|The Greeks... took possession, not only of Patalene, but also, on the rest of the coast, of what is called the kingdom of [[Saraostus]] and [[Sigerdis]].|Strabo 11.11.1<ref>Strabo on the extent of the conquests of the Greco-Bactrians/Indo-Greeks: "They 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 [[Serica|Seres]] and the [[Phryni]]." Strabo 11.11.1 ([https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Strab.+11.11.1 Strabo 11.11.1])</ref>}}

[[Ptolemy]] mentioned Patalena in his [[Geographia]]:

{{quote|Moreover the region which is next to the western part of India, is called [[Indo-Scythian|Indoscythia]]. A part of this region around the (Indus) river mouth is Patalena, above which is [[Abiria]]. That which is about the mouth of the Indus and the Canthicolpus bay is called [[Saurashtra (region)|Syrastrena]]. (...) In the island formed by this river are the cities Pantala, [[Barbaricum|Barbaria]]. (...) The Larica region of Indoscythia is located eastward from the swamp near the sea, in which on the west of the [[Narmada River|Namadus river]] is the interior city of [[Barygaza]] emporium. On the east side of the river (...) [[Ujjain|Ozena]]-Regia [[Chastana|Tiastani]] (...) Minnagara".|Ptolemy Geographia, Book Seven, Chapter I}}

==See also==
*[[Regio Patalis]]

==References==
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[[Category:Historical geography of Pakistan]]
[[Category:Ancient history of Pakistan]]
[[Category:History of Sindh]]


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