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1 India
Indĭa, ae, f., India, a country extending from the Indus to China, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77 sq.; Cat. 43, 6; Verg. G. 1, 57 al.: citerior, India this side of the Ganges:ulterior,
India beyond the Ganges, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 57; Mela, 3, 7.
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