), he speaks of the Caramoran or Ilwang-Ho in its lower course, as " coming from the lands of Prester John." lx., lxi.), whilst in a later passage (Bk. The general position entirely agrees with Marco's indications it lies on his way eastward from Tangut towards Chagannor, and Shangtu (see eh. Thianté-Kiun was the name of a district or group of towns to the north of that bend, a name which he supposes to be the original of Polo's Tenduc. Klaproth pointed out the true position of Tendue in the vicinity of the great northern bend of the Ilwang-Ho, quoting Chinese authorities to show that Thianté or To the last piece of information he can speak as a witness, and he is corroborated by other evidence but the second statement we have seen to be almost certainly erroneous about the first we cannot speak positively. Was still the residence of his descendants in their reduced state. Our traveller says that Tenduc had been the seat of Aung Khan's sovereignty he has already said that it had been the scene of his final defeat, and he tells us that it
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |