Darde
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| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (Retd.) |
Darde was an Arabian town mentioned by Pliny.[1]
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Dard = Darde (Pliny.vi.35)
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions Ethiopia....Bion makes mention also of some other towns situate on islands, the whole distance being twenty days' journey from Sembobitis to Meroë; a town in an adjoining island, under the queen of the Semberritæ, with another called Asara, and another, in a second island, called Darde. The name of a third island is Medoë, upon which is the town of Asel, and a fourth is called Garodes, with a town upon it of the same name.