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9th century Arab accounts of C(...) 09/13/26(Sun)17:44:41 No.18689124

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9th century Arab accounts of China and India Anonymous 09/13/26(Sun)17:44:41 No.18689124

>China is plain, and well cultivated across the land, while India has lots of areas with desert and dry plains and where the soil is barren. India is bigger than China in size, but China is more dense.

>The Chinese, much like the Arabs, pay their armies and soldiers, while the Indians have no such tradition of fixed payment. The King summons them to fight for God and country and they do so without any expense to the King.

>The Sun in India is extremely harsh, causing its inhabitants to have skin colour in the first stage of blackness. The Sun in China is cooler. The skin colour of the Chinese is similar to the Romans.

>There is no central authority in India unlike China. India has many Kings, and these Kings wage war on each other. However, I have not heard of a King conquering another Kingdom, for it is very rare a occurance, since the people would object to anyone ruling them but their King. In the event of defeat, the victorious King would appoint a member of the family of the defeated King to rule over the conquered Kingdom.

>The Chinese have large planned urban settlements with walled cities. India does not seem to have urban settlements. Instead the King lives inside a castle surrounded by his troops, while guards are sent on the border of the Kingdom to defend its territory. The Chinese have an elaborate system of welfare, where the State provides amenities to elders, and care to the sick. The Chinese tax their people one fourth of their income, while the Indians do only one eighth. The Indians believe that the King's only duty is to provide protection while it is the duty of various family lines to provide other services.

>The Chinese have no native tradition of religion. The Chinese say their religion came from India, and the Indians introduced them to idols and chants. Both nations believe in the transmigration of soul, but they disagree on the specifics of the subject.