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Start Over Language chinese Journal journal of sino-western communications Region tarim basin (china)
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1. Descriptions of the hydrography of Sērikē in Claudius Ptolemy's Geography and the Western Regions in LI Daoyuan's Shuijing Zhu.

Author

Xiang WANG

Subjects
HYDROGRAPHY, GEOGRAPHERS, HYDROLOGY
Abstract

By comparing the description of the hydrography of Serike in Claudius Ptolemy's Geography and the Western Regions in Li Daoyuan's Shuijing Zhu, the author argues that the rivers Oichardes and Bautisos in Geography are the same as Shuijing Zhu's "North River" and "South River" in the Tarim Basin. Consequently, the author concludes that Greco-Roman geographers had hydrology knowledge of the Tarim Basin by the time of Ptolemy, mostly likely gained during East-West trades. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2013