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The Name of China and its Geography in Cosmas Indicopleustes |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:43 来源：不详
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ugh Tarim, north of Kun-lun mountains. Cosmas knows only the areas surrounding Indian Ocean and not those north of Himalaya”.[16]
Undoubtedly, Prof. Kordosis’ identification of Tzinitza with Assam is sounder on its part and it is certain that the region of Assam is covered by the name of Tzinitza. To the facts that he has already pointed out, we might add other ones: from the Christian era, the region beyond the Ganges was covered by the name of “India extra”, and the Indian race expanded as far as to the west part of the modern Yunnan province of China. Hua-yang-guo-zhi (Record of the kingdom Hua-yang), written by Chang Ju in 347 AD, has it that: “the Yong-chang prefecture (in modern Yunnan) was established by the decree of the Emperor Mingti (in 69 AD)… there live now the races of Ming-pu, Jiu-liao, Piao-yue, Luo-pu and the people of In-du (India).”[17] Burma, especially the north Burma, can similarly be categorized racially and culturally as “Indian”. As early as 300 AD the Indian letter was introduced to Burma with the Indian colonization of Burma; the earliest&nbs上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> |
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