Works, Volume 38Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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... given by Pliny and that given by Ptolemy . For it will easily be seen by com- paring the extracts in the notes , ( 1 ) that the notices of Mela and Pliny are either the one copied from the other , or both copied from a common source ...
... given by Pliny and that given by Ptolemy . For it will easily be seen by com- paring the extracts in the notes , ( 1 ) that the notices of Mela and Pliny are either the one copied from the other , or both copied from a common source ...
Page 110
... given to teach it publicly . There follows a decree of the emperor ( T'ai Tsung ) issued in 638 in favour of the new doctrine , and commanding the construction of a church in [ the Square of Peace and Justice ( I - ning Fang ) at ] the ...
... given to teach it publicly . There follows a decree of the emperor ( T'ai Tsung ) issued in 638 in favour of the new doctrine , and commanding the construction of a church in [ the Square of Peace and Justice ( I - ning Fang ) at ] the ...
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... given under the name of Karkadan3 . The Kingdom of Rahma , adds Mas'ūdī , extends both inland and on the sea . Of this Reinaud says : " This seems to me to answer to the ancient Kingdom of Visiapur " ; and Lassen will have it that it ...
... given under the name of Karkadan3 . The Kingdom of Rahma , adds Mas'ūdī , extends both inland and on the sea . Of this Reinaud says : " This seems to me to answer to the ancient Kingdom of Visiapur " ; and Lassen will have it that it ...
Contents
Dedication and Preface | 1 |
late and then in the forms Thin Thinae Sinae | 8 |
the indication of the Chinese empire from the landward Inferior | 13 |
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