InhisChristianTopography，amedleyoftheologyandgeography，CosmasIndicopleustes，aByzantineGreekwhoisbelievedtohavesailedtoCeylonandIndiaintheverybeginningofthe6thcentury，mentions“thecountryofsilk”withthenameofTzinitza(Tz?nitza)andaslightlyvariantTzinista(Tz?nista)，offering，inthebookii，apassageonthegeographyofthecountry:“NowthiscountryofsilkissituatedintheremotestofalltheIndies，andliestotheleftofthosewhoentertheIndiansea，farbeyondthePersianGulf，andtheislandcalledbytheIndiansSeledibaandbytheGreeksTa
