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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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p;inscriptions in Burma were all carved in Kadamba letter, which had been commonly used in Bombay of India.[18] The Assam region is true of being “situated in the remotest of all the Indies” as Cosmas said; and moreover, it is from this region that the well-known Yunnan-Assam-Burma route[19] passed through, by which traffics of the Greek-Roman world were conducted into China. As early as the beginning of the 2nd century, the Romans extended their trading sphere to the east coast of the Bay of Bengal and further to the interior of China, which is clearly shown by the fact that the Roman conjurors arrived in China by Burma in 120 AD.[20] As a result, it is not surprising for a Greek-Roman like Cosmas to be aware of this region.
Nevertheless, I can not agree with Prof. Kordosis in his suggestion that Cosmas would refer, with the name of Tzinitza, only to the region of Assam and that the central Silk Road is not touched in his statement, for this point of view is obviously not reconcilable with other points in Cosmas. For, first of all, Cosmas’s compari上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> |
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