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1、TheNameofChinaanditsGeographyinCosmasIndicopleustesInhisChristianTopography,amedleyoftheologyandgeography,CosmasIndicopleustes,aByzantineGreekentions“thecountryofsilk”eofTzinitza(Tzίnitza)andaslightlyvariantTzinista(Tzίnista),offering,inthebookii,apassageonth
2、egeographyofthecountry:“NootestofalltheIndies,andliestotheleftofthoseans,saythatifyoustretchacordfromTzinitzatopassthroughPersia,onandominions,themiddleoftheearthTzinitzatoPersiafromthete;Taprobanê;themouthofthePersianGulftoTaprobanêandpartsbeyondthroughtheTzinitzatoPe
3、rsiashortensveryconsiderablythelengthofthejourney.Thisisothergeographicaltreatiseofthesameauthor,[3]Cosmas,intheaccountofIndiananimalsandtheislandofTaprobanê,speaksofthiscountryeofTzinistalikethis:“Theisland,beingasitis,inacentralposition,ismuchfrequentedbyshipsfromall
4、partsofIndiaandfromPersiaandEthiopia,anditlikeanyofitsotheremotestcountries,ImeanTzinistaandothertradingplaces,itreceivedsilk,aloes,cloves,sandalartsonthisside,suchasMale(theMalabarlittoral),bay)e-logs,andclothformakingdresses,foritalsoisagreatplaceofbusiness.AndtoSind
5、u(Diu-SindofthemouthoftheIndus),……andtoPersiaandtheHomeritecountry,andtoAdulê.Andtheislandreceivesimportsfromallthesemartsentionedandpassesthemontotheremoterports,etime,exportingitsoonstem“Tzini”,as“Sinae”inpreviousGreek-Romanauthors,refertooneandsamecountry,viz.,China
6、.Astotheirorigins,hoongscholars,somethinkthatbothofthemaretranscriptionsofSanscritCinasthāna,[5]theotherssuggestthatTzinistabeofPersianorigin.[6]Itseemstome,hoesderiveprobablyquitedifferently.Inthebeginningofthe18thcenturyonkMontfauconeditedtheChristianTopography,henot
7、icedthat“Tzinitza…intheVaticancopy(ofthe8thor9thcentury)isreadTzknê(Tzinê?)Tsina,orSina,namely,thecountryoftheSinae.”[7]ThisfactinducesmetobelievethatTzinitzaisposedof“Tzini”and“tza”(tza),ofentinGreek,[8]inotherinclinedtoitsPersianorigin.China,linguistically,hadbeenexc
8、lusivelyknoeCinaorCini;CinasthānainSanscritesfromsomecentralAsiandialect.InaSogdianletterofthe1stcenturyADfoundbyA.St
