Zarangæ
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Zarangæ was a tribe mentioned by Pliny[1].
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
- Jara = Zarangæ (Pliny.vi.25).
- Jarian = Zarangæ (Pliny.vi.25).
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[2] mentions The Ariani and the adjoining Nations.....We then come to the nation of the Dorisdorsigi, and the rivers Pharnaracotis20, and Ophradus; and then to Prophthasia21, a city of the Zaraspades, the Drangæ22, the Evergetæ23, the Zarangæ, and the Gedrusi24;....
20 Ansart suggests that the river Pharnacotis is the same as the modern Ferrichround, and the Ophradus probably the Kouchround.
21 Ansart suggests that the modern name is Zarang. Parisot says that it is Corcharistan.
22 The inhabitants of Drangiana, a district at the eastern end of the modern kingdom of Persia, and comprehending part of the present Sejestan or Seistan.
23 They gave its name to the modern Eudras, according to Parisot.
24 It is doubtful whether these are the same as the Gedrosi, mentioned by Pliny in c. 23, 24. Parisot censures Hardouin for confounding them, and says that these inhabited the modern Bassar. In Dr. Smith's Dictionary, they are looked upon as the same people.