明代初期古剌诸土司地望问题新探  

A New Study on the Location of Gula Chiefdoms in the Early Ming Dynasty

作　　者：谢信业 Xie Xinye(Department of History,Sun YatSen University,Guangzhou 510275,China)

机构地区：[1]中山大学历史学系,广东广州510275

出　　处：《历史地理研究》2023年第2期13-24,157,共13页The Chinese Historical Geography

摘　　要：明代早期的历史文献和发现于印度阿萨姆邦的明代“底马撒宣慰司”信符,表明明代初期设于西南极边之地的古剌诸土司实际上位于布拉马普特拉河谷地一带。汉唐以来,布拉马普特拉河谷地便是连接中国与南亚次大陆的陆上交通要地。明王朝统一云南后,积极经营西南边地。随着明朝影响力不断拓展,布拉马普特拉河谷地古剌诸部与明朝建立政治联系,明朝遂于其地设置大古剌、底马撒、底兀剌诸土司。尽管双方关系维持时间较短,但对南方丝绸之路的重新开拓深具意义,极大拓展了明代士人的地理认知。Both the records of historical documents in the early Ming Dynasty,and the Plaque of the“Timasa Pacification Commission”found in Assam Pradesh,India,indicate that the Gula Chiefdoms set up in the southwest frontier region in the early Ming Dynasty were actually located in the Brahmaputra Valley.Since the Han and Tang Dynasties,the Brahmaputra Valley had been an important channel connecting China and the South Asia.After the reunification of Yunnan,the Ming dynasty actively managed the southwestern frontier.With the continuous expansion of the influence of the Ming China,the Gula tribes established political contact with the Ming Dynasty and the latter then set up chiefdoms in this area.Although the relationship between the Ming dynasty and the Gula chiefdoms did not last long,the reopening of the land Silk Road to South Asia greatly expanded the geographical cognition of the ancient Chinese.

关 键 词：明代 古剌 土司制度 阿萨姆 

分 类 号：K928[历史地理—人文地理学]