Tana (India)
تانه (الهند)
A coastal town on a large creek entered by ships, whose land yields cane and chalk-like product carried to many lands. 1
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Tana (India) is a city on the coast, on the bank of a great creek that ships enter. Its land grows reeds (qana), and its people make chalk, which is carried to the lands, according to al-Idrisi. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 191
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.191
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