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29 Aug, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Need not be. Chinachara comes from China -> Kinnaur and not China. China, Aparachina and Mahachina should be looked from that angle. Also. Guge Country is traditionally called as Hunadesa -> Possibly because of Xiongnu incursions.
Plus you need to look at gold digging ants as well. This is something which is related to Aksai Chin-Ruthog area. Possibly what we are looking at is Trans-Karakoram Tract and not northern Afghanistan. Now, because this discussion IIRC originated from Gupta tribute,
either Skandagupta or Kumaragupta - one of them mentions Kailasa in his conquests - clearly, he entered the Guge Plains in force.
Nakula crossed North Indus. Is that Gilgit River or Indus per se? Either of them, we land again in the same area.

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