Kushima - Kushima

Japanese: クシマ - くしま
Kushima - Kushima

...Rice from the Irrawaddy Delta in the hinterland was shipped from here to overseas destinations. The town was known as Kusima during the Pagan period (11th to 13th centuries) and Kosmin in the 16th century. In the late 17th century, it was the site of a representative office of the British East India Company.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kusima" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…後背地のイラワジ・デルタで生産される米は,ここから海外へ積み出される。町は,パガン朝時代(11~13世紀)にはクシマ,16世紀にはコスミンという名で知られていた。17世紀後半にイギリス東インド会社の駐在事務所が置かれたこともある。…

※「クシマ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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