Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . hing Ijetween the present citj of Liaoyang (j^r^). Man-churia, in the north, and the ]irovince of AVhanghai (^j^JE), Chosen,in the south. The monument shown on the opposite page was erected in178 A. D., and is the oldest monument in Chosen so far found. Itstands some 12 miles to the north-west of Chinnampo (|t|^jj^),and the discovery of this monument by Professor Imanishi of KyotoImperial University in 1913 is of great historical and archaologlcalvalue, since it has dispersed the long-standing doubts as to the loca-tion of the Chinese settlements. It is sup]3os
Pictorial Chosen and Manchuria . hing Ijetween the present citj of Liaoyang (j^r^). Man-churia, in the north, and the ]irovince of AVhanghai (^j^JE), Chosen,in the south. The monument shown on the opposite page was erected in178 A. D., and is the oldest monument in Chosen so far found. Itstands some 12 miles to the north-west of Chinnampo (|t|^jj^),and the discovery of this monument by Professor Imanishi of KyotoImperial University in 1913 is of great historical and archaologlcalvalue, since it has dispersed the long-standing doubts as to the loca-tion of the Chinese settlements. It is sup]3osed to have been erectedto give thanks to Heaven for abundant crops. It is of granite,measuring 5 feet in height, feet in Ijreadth, and 5 inches inthickness, the top of it having fallen off. 4- Oldest monument in Chosen discovered in 1913. 5. The structure recently built aroundIt for its 6 —
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