Tianzhu (India)
Tianzhu is the historical Chinese name for India.
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| Chinese | 天竺 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hangul | 천축 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanja | 天竺 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 天竺 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | てんじく | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tianzhu was also 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.
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