Masthala
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Masthala was an Arabian city mentioned as Masala by Pliny.[1]
Variants
- Masala (Pliny.vi.32)
- Masthala by Ptolemy
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Masala = Masala (Pliny.vi.32) = Masthala by Ptolemy.
Mention by Pliny
Pliny [2] mentions Arabia..... Next comes a town, fourteen miles distant, called Marippa, and belonging to the Palamaces, a place by no means to be overlooked, and then Carnon. The Rhadamæi also—these too are supposed to derive their origin52 from Rhadamanthus, the brother of Minos—the Homeritæ53, with their city of Masala54, the Hamirei, the Gedranitæ, the Amphyræ,...
52 A story as probable, Hardouin observes, as that about the descendants of Minos.
53 The Arabs of Yemen, known in Oriental history by the name of Himyari, were called by the Greeks Homeritæ.
54 An inland city, called Masthala by Ptolemy.