Isidore of Charax was a 1st century geographer from the city of Charax (Abadan in today's Iran). He is mentionned by Pliny the Elder (23-79) as one of his sources. He wrote several books of which a few fragments are known:
- "Parthian Stations"
- "Journey Around Parthia"
- "Description of the World"
"Parthians stations" in particular describes the overland trade route between the Near East and India during the 1st century BCE. Isidore of Charax is often quoted for a description of Arachosia in the 1st century BCE, in which he mentions Greek populations and cities, one of them called Demetrias, under Parthian rule:
- "Beyond is Arachosia. And the Parthians call this White India; there are the city of Biyt and the city of Pharsana and the city of Chorochoad and the city of Demetrias; then Alexandropolis, the metropolis of Arachosia; it is Greek, and by it flows the river Arachotus. As far as this place the land is under the rule of the Parthians." "Parthians stations", 1st century BCE.[1]
Notes
- ^ Mentioned in Bopearachchi, "Monnaies Greco-Bactriennes et Indo-Grecques", p52. Original text in paragraph 19 of Parthian stations
