Saraostus
Saraostus was the name given by the Greeks to the area of Saurashtra and parts of south-western Gujarat.
An inscription of Ashoka was discovered on a rock at Girnar, near Junagarh in Saurashtra, showing that the area was controlled by the Mauryas from the capital of Pataliputra.
Saraostus, under the name Surastrene, is also mentioned in the 1st century CE Periplus of the Erythraean Sea:
