Sajarawan Yunani ingkang pinunjul Megasthenes (350BC-290BC) nyebataken bab Lèpèn Gangga makaping kaping wonten ing karyanipun Indika, yèn India gadhah kathah lèpèn ingkang ageng lan saged dipunlayari, asalipun saking gunung-gunung lan mili ing tlatah wates lèr tumuju dhumateng `epèn Gangga. &lt;! "India, again, possesses many rivers both large and navigable, which, having their sources in the mountains which stretch along the northern frontier, traverse the level country, and not a few of these, after uniting with each other, fall into the river called the Ganges. Now this river, which at its source is 30 stadia broad, flows from north to south, and empties its waters into the ocean forming the eastern boundary of the Gangaridai, a nation which possesses a vast force of the largest-sized elephants." (Diodorus II.37.) &gt;