Tianzhu (India)
Historical East Asian name of India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tianzhu was referred to as Wutianzhu (五天竺, literal meaning is "Five Indias"), because there were five geographical regions in the Indian subcontinent known to the Chinese: Central, Eastern, Western, Northern, and Southern India.[1]
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