Ptolemy - Asia
Maps
Aryan Homeland (Airyana Vaeja) region
Balkh / Bakhdhi (Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan)
Bazar-Dara, Pamirs, Tajikistan
Greece-Persian Empire 500-450 BCE
Himalayas West, Tibet, Kashmir
Iran - Linguistic Distribution
Ptolemy (90-168 CE) - East Asia
Sugd / Sughdha (Uzbekistan/Tajikistan)
Tibet West, Central Asia, Himalayas
The above is a reproduction woodcut of the Asia section from Ptolemy's (90-168 CE) map of the world by Johane Schnitzer (Ulm: Leinhart Holle, 1482). The original map was lost.
Link to Wikimedia Ptolemy maps page.
Link to Michael Lahanas's page on Ptolemy's Geography and Maps.
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