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Tianzhu (Chinese: 天竺; pinyin: Tiānzhú) is the historical Chinese name for the Indian subcontinent.
Tianzhu was also referred to as Wutianzhu (五天竺, literal meaning is "Five Indias"), because there were five geographical regions on the Indian subcontinent known to the Chinese: Central, Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Western India.[1]
- ^ Cheung 2014, p. 179.