Vipās/Hyp(h)asis/Bibasis/Hypanis (river)

natural · 330 BC – 2099 AD

Known as Vipās in Sanskrit sources, the modern Beas river, as well as the combined Beas-Sutlej, traverses parts of modern India and Pakistan. It was also known -- to varying degrees of clarity -- to Greek and Roman writers by the name variants Hypasis, Hyphasis, Bibasis, and Hypanis.

Coordinates

31.73014, 75.54716

Also known as

Bibasis, Hypanis, Hypasis, Hyphasis

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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