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Locations of Several Places in Ptolemy’s Map of Sri Lanka (Taprobana) vs a Modern Day Map
1st Image:- Modern Day Map
2nd Image:- A Map based on Ptolemy's descriptions (Ptolemy's Taprobana as published in Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini, 1535)
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taprobana
https://www.academia.edu/36084066/The_Accuracy_of_some_Mediaeval_Maps_of_the_Taprobane_Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaya_Rata
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Ruhuna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nainativu
Base images from Wikimedia Commons


Locations of Several Places in Ptolemy’s Map of Sri Lanka (Taprobana) vs a Modern Day Map
1st Image:- Modern Day Map
2nd Image:- A Map based on Ptolemy's descriptions (Ptolemy's Taprobana as published in Cosmographia Claudii Ptolomaei Alexandrini, 1535)
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taprobana
https://www.academia.edu/36084066/The_Accuracy_of_some_Mediaeval_Maps_of_the_Taprobane_Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaya_Rata
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Ruhuna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nainativu
Base images from Wikimedia Commons