Patala — a town in Western India, situated at the point of land where the western stream of the Indus is…
Ancient Greek word, found 11 times in the texts on Socratos.
Arrian, Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἀνάβασις 5.4.1: … περ αἱ πέντε τοῦ Ἴστρου, καὶ ὅτι Δέλτα ποιεῖ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῇ Ἰνδῶν γῇ τῷ Αἰγυπτίῳ Δέλτα παραπλήσιον καὶ τοῦτο Πάταλα καλεῖται τῇ Ἰνδῶν φωνῇ, ταῦτα μὲν ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ τὰ μάλιστα οὐκ ἀμφίλογα καὶ ἐμοὶ ἀναγεγράφθω.
Arrian, Indica 2.8: τὰ μὲν πρὸς μεσαμβρίης κατὰ Πάταλά τε καὶ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ τὰς ἐκβολὰς ὤφθη πρός τε Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ Μακεδόνων καὶ πολλῶν Ἑλλήνων· τὰ δὲ πρὸς ἕω Ἀλέξανδρος μὲν οὐκ ἐπῆλθε πρόσω ποταμοῦ Ὑφάσιος,