Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography/Cossa

​COSSA (Κόσσα or Κῶσα, Ptol. vii. 1. § 65), a town in India, mentioned by Ptolemy as a place famous for the diamonds found there. It has been conjectured by Forbiger to be the present Cotta, on the river Zesul. [ V. ]

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