Sinda ( grc, Σίνδα) was an ancient town mentioned to have been situated on the western frontier of

ancient Pisidia Pisidia (; grc-gre, Πισιδία, ; tr, Pisidya) was a region of ancient Asia Minor located north of Pamphylia, northeast of Lycia, west of Isauria and Cilicia, and south of Phrygia, corresponding roughly to the modern-day province of A ...

, in the neighbourhood of

Cibyra Cibyra or Kibyra (Greek: ), also referred to as Cibyra Magna, was an Ancient Greek city near the modern town of Gölhisar, in Burdur Province. It lay outside the north-western limits of the ancient province of Lycia and was the chief city of a ...

and the river Caularis. Stephanus of Byzantium, who spoke of a ''Sindia'' as a town of

Lycia Lycia ( Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; el, Λυκία, ; tr, Likya) was a state or nationality that flourished in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is ...

, was thought to have alluded to the same place. Some writers have confounded Sinda with Isionda, which is the more surprising, as

Livy Titus Livius (; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy ( ), was a Roman historian. He wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people, titled , covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional founding in ...

mentions the two as different towns in the same chapter; modern scholars treat them as separate places. Its site is located near

Gölhisar Gölhisar (Lakecastle) is a town and district of Burdur Province in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. History During antiquity Golhisar was site of an ancient city called Kibyra, the capital of a tetrapolis comprising Kiyra itself, Bubon, Balbu ...

in Asiatic Turkey.

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Populated places in Pisidia Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Turkey Former populated places in Turkey {{AncientPisidia-geo-stub