Aelana
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Aelana was an Arabian Gulf mentioned by Pliny.[1]
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Aila = Ælana (Pliny.vi.32) = Present coastal city in Jordan Aqaba. Akwa village in Sikar, Rajasthan
- Len = Læana (Pliny.vi.32)
- Len = Lænitæ = (Pliny.vi.32)
- Len = Lænitic (Pliny.vi.32)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions Arabia....We then come to a gulf which runs far into the interior, upon which are situate the Lænitæ, who have given to it their name; also their royal city of Agra44, and upon the gulf that of Læana, or as some call it Ælana45; indeed, by some of our writers this has been called the Ælanitic Gulf, and by others again, the Ælenitic; Artemidorus calls it the Alenitic, and Juba the Lænitic. The circumference of Arabia, measured from Charax to Læana, is said to be four thousand six hundred and sixty-six miles, but Juba thinks that it is somewhat less than four thousand. Its widest part is at the north, between the cities of Heroopolis and Charax. We will now mention the remaining places and peoples of the interior of Arabia.
44 Probably in the district now known as Akra. It was situate on the eastern coast of the Red Sea, at the foot of Mount Hippus.
45 See B. v. c. 12, where this town is mentioned.