Tianzhu (India)

Tianzhu
Chinese name
Chinese天竺
Korean name
Hangul천축
Hanja天竺
Japanese name
Kanji天竺
Hiraganaてんじく

Tianzhu is the historical Chinese name for India.

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.[1]

  1. ^ Cheung 2014, p. 179.