Leading up to the apogee of the Persian empire, he describes the many conquests and marriages of Darius after which he had twenty plum, tribute-paying satrapies. The way in which the Indians get the plentiful supply of gold year by year is the following eastward of India lies a tract which is entirely sand. Now the sand which they throw up is full of gold Indeed of all the inhabitants of Asia the Indians dwell nearest to the east, and the rising of the sun. Beyond them the whole country is desert The tribes of Indians are numerous, and do not all speak the same language some are wandering tribes, others not. Those who dwell in the marshes along the river live on fish another set of Indians refuse to put any live animal to death, sow no corn, and have no dwelling houses.
Vegetables are their only food.