Yona
"Yona", "Yonaka" or "Yavana" are Pali words used in ancient India to designate Greeks. It is a transliteration of the word "Ionian", who were probably the first Greeks to be known in the East. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ This usage was shared by many of the country east of Greece, from the Mediterranean to India and China: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Pali: P?li (ISO 15919/ALA-LC: ) is a Middle Indo-Aryan language (or prakrit) of India. It is best known as the language of many of the earliest extant Buddhist scriptures, as collected in the P?i Canon or Tipitaka, and as the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism.... India: The Republic of India is a country in South Asia which comprises most of the Indian subcontinent. India has a coastline which stretches over seven thousand kilometres, and shares its borders with Pakistan to the west, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, and Bangladesh... Greeks: :For other uses of the name "Greek", see Greek (disambiguation)... | ~ Table of Content ~
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