Champanagara (English spelling) Champanagara

Japanese: Champānagara(英語表記)Champanagara
Champanagara (English spelling) Champanagara

…Located on the south bank of the Ganges River. Champanagara, about 7km from the western outskirts, is said to be the remains of Champa, the capital of Ang, one of the sixteen great kingdoms that flourished in northern India around 600 B.C., and flourished as one of the six great cities of India during the time of Buddha after its occupation by the Magadha Kingdom. Xuanzang visited here in the first half of the 7th century and wrote about it in the Records of the Western Regions of the Great Tang Dynasty as the country of Zhanbo. …

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Japanese:

…ガンガー(ガンジス)川南岸に位置する。西郊約7kmのチャンパーナガラChampānagaraは,前600年ころ北インドに栄えた十六大国の一つアンガ国の首都チャンパーChampāの遺址とされ,マガダ国による占領後の釈迦の時代にもインドの六大都市の一つとして栄えた。7世紀前半に玄奘(げんじよう)がここを訪れ,瞻波(せんば)国として《大唐西域記》に記している。…

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