Sailing Around the Erythraean Sea: Forty Three

In the previous Section, the unknown sailor was at the foot of Gulf of Khambat, near Diu island (Bavones).

On the northern bank of the estuary where the Narmada drains into Gulf of Khambat, is the village Luvara; and on the southern bank is the village Aliyabet. Luvara is 52 kilometres west of Bharuch. Aliyabet is 30 kilometres west of Bharuch. North of this estuary there is another one, where the River Viswamitri falls into Gulf of Khambat. On the northern bank is the villages Nada, Asarsa, Kapuria and Islampur. 

The estuary where the River Narmada drains into the  Gulf of  Khambat, he mistook as another Gulf. He writes, "This Gulf is very narrow to Barygaza.." ln fact Barygaza is on the northern bank of River Narmada; and the mouth of the river is at Dahej on the same bank 45 kilometres west. Let us see his onward voyage:


For on the right at the very mouth of the gulf there lies a shoal, along and narrow, and full of rocks, called Herone, facing the village of Commoni; and opposite this, on the left projects the promontory that lies before Astacampra, which is called Papica, and is a bad anchorage because of strong current setting in around it because the anchors are cut off, the bottom being rough and rocky.

My Search:-

1. Barygaza: Bharuch. One can reach Bharuch, by taking a right turn from Gulf of Khambat, near Luvara of Kathiawad peninsula, to the River Narmada.  And moving forward you will see Herone, a square shaped shoal(a shallow rocky place, facing this shoal is Shree Biliaai Mataji Mandir. It suits Commoni described in the text. And beyond this there is an island named Aliyabet. Further east of Aliyabet island is another island named Govalibet. Bharuch lies on the northern bank of Narmada between Aiyabet island and Govalibet island.

Astacampra: Ankleshwar is on the southern bank of the river, opposite Bharuch. The southern bank of the river is mangrove forest. Astacampra is Koinee Greek adaptation of "Atthangika Magga" in Pali language, meaning eightway junction. This must have been erazed because of its Sramanic shade and replaced with a Sanskrit term.

End of the Section 
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