[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960) › c8.s3.100 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.100 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.s3.100 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.100) Cīna-deśa is described as lying to the south-east of Mānaseśa. The country to the south-east of the Mānasa-sarovara is Tibet which appears to be indicated by the name Cīna in the verse. Tibet formed a part of the dominions of the Chinese emperors. Abul Fazl’s \*Ain-i-Akbarī\* refers to ‘Pegu which former writers called Cheen, accounting this to be the capital city’, and seems to include Burma in the Cīna country.¹ According to Pargiter, Cīna comprised the country of Tibet ‘along the whole range of the Himalayas’.² The Cīnas are sometimes linked in the \*Mahābhārata\* with the Kāmbojas of the north-west³ and often mentioned among the retinue of the king of Prāgjyotiṣa or Assam in the east¹ and are also sometimes placed near the source of the Ganges in the country lying midway between the two regions.² - [Previous: c8.s3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.99) - [Next: c8.s3.101](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.101) - [Up: c8.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.s3.100) · Pramāṇa