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Jibin

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Jibin in the context of Central Asia in the 1st century BC, during the Western Han dynasty
Tomb of Li Dan, a man from Jibin who died in Xi'an, China in 564 CE.

Jibin (simplified Chinese: 罽宾; traditional Chinese: 罽賓; pinyin: Jìbīn, Old Chinese: Eastern Han Chinese: *kɨas-pin[1]) is the name of an ancient state in central Asia, in the area of Gandhara and the Kabul river, but the exact location of which is unknown.

Location

There are several possibilities for the location of Jibin:

History

Jibin was described in a dedicated section in the Book of Han, Volume 96, Part 1 (Traditions of the Western Regions).[3]

References

  1. ^ Schuessler, Axel. (2009) Minimal Old Chinese and Later Han Chinese. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i p. 232
  2. ^ Schuessler (2009), p. 232
  3. ^ "卷096上" . Book of Han (in Chinese) – via Wikisource.