Drugu

Dru gu (also Trugu) is the Tibetan term for Turkic peoples. They are also referred to as Du ru ka, which is based on the Sanskrit word Turuṣka.^[1] Turuṣka was a corrupted form of the ethnic name Turk.^[2]

References edit

^ Historical Dictionary of Tibet, by John Powers, David Templeman. In: Asian/Oceanian historical dictionaries G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle EastScarecrow Press, 2012. 223. ISBN 0810868059, 9780810868052.
^ Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia: Explorations in the Intellectual History of India and Tibet, 1500–1800, by Sheldon Pollock. Duke University Press, Mar 14, 2011. 346. ISBN 0822349043, 9780822349044.

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[1] Historical Dictionary of Tibet, by John Powers, David Templeman. In: Asian/Oceanian historical dictionaries G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle EastScarecrow Press, 2012. 223. ISBN 0810868059, 9780810868052.

[2] Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia: Explorations in the Intellectual History of India and Tibet, 1500–1800, by Sheldon Pollock. Duke University Press, Mar 14, 2011. 346. ISBN 0822349043, 9780822349044.

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