Historical place profile
Alosygni
An ancient "emporion" listed by Ptolemy on the east coast of India. He also remarks that it is the "aphoterion" (point of departure) for those sailing out to the Chryse Chersonnesos. BAtlas tentatively identifies it with modern Vilasa in the Ghodivari river delta in the east Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:49854
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:49854
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 16.630337, 82.025653
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient "emporion" listed by Ptolemy on the east coast of India. He also remarks that it is the "aphoterion" (point of departure) for those sailing out to the Chryse Chersonnesos. BAtlas tentatively identifies it with modern Vilasa in the Ghodivari river delta in the east Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 E3 Alosygni
Source and reuse
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Research path
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