Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c6.173

Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva c6.173

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c6.173

Cīnas, (M.B., II, 47, 19). Cīna in Indian literature seems rather to be an ethnic term, than a geographical designation. As the Chinese proper they appear in the *Sabhāparva* (II, 47, 19). They are also mentioned as forming the retinue of Bhagadatta, the king of Assam (M.B., II, 23, 19), and here they could be taken as a people of Southern China or the Chins of Upper Burma Manu says that formerly they were Kṣatriyas (X, 43, 44) who had lost caste.

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Mahābhārata — Sanskrit
Mānava Dharmaśāstra — Manu & Bhṛgu, Sanskrit