Thina

Information from the Periplus

Ancient Toponym: Thina
Place Type: Inland market
Route: Eastern route
Next on Route: nan
Ancient Area: Further Asia
Periplus Chapter: PME, Ch. 64

Topographic info

Longitude nan
Latitude nan
Location Source: nan

Modern Identification: nan
Modern Country: China

Passage from the Periplus

Beyond this region, by now at the northernmost point, where the sea ends somewhere on the outer fringe, there is a very great inland city called Thina from which silk floss, yarn, and cloth are shipped by land via Bactria to Barygaza and via the Ganges River back to Limyrike. It is not easy to get to this Thina; for rarely do people come from it, and only a few. The area lies right under Ursa Minor and, it is said, is contiguous with the parts of the Pontus and the Caspian Sea where these parts turn off, near where Lake Maeotis, which lies parallel, along with [sc. the Caspian] empties into the ocean. (from the Casson translation)

Bibliography

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