Roman And Chinese References To India
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📝 Q&A
Q1: What term did Chinese sources use for India?
Answer: Tianzhu, literally “Land of the True Pearl,” used in Han and Tang records.
Q2: Which Roman text serves as a merchant’s handbook on Indian trade?
Answer: Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.
Q3: Who mapped India’s coastline in antiquity?
Answer: Ptolemy, in his 2nd-century Geography.
Q4: Which Chinese envoy’s reports mentioned Indian intermediaries on the Silk Road?
Answer: Zhu Ying, an embassy envoy in the early 2nd century CE.
Q5: What Buddhist pilgrim recorded routes via southern India?
Answer: Yijing, in the 7th century CE.