The modern constellationIndus is not included in theThree Enclosures andTwenty-Eight Mansions system of traditionalChinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work ofXu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionaryJohann Adam Schall von Bell in the lateMing Dynasty,[1] this constellation has been classified as one of the 23Southern Asterisms (近南極星區,Jìnnánjíxīngōu) under the namePersia (波斯,Bōsī).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 印第安座 (yìn dì ān zuò), meaning "the Indian constellation".
The map of Chinese constellation in constellationIndus area consists of :
| Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 近南極星區 (non-mansions) | Jìnnánjíxīngōu (non-mansions) | The Southern Asterisms (non-mansions) | 波斯 | Bōsī | Persia | ||||
| α Ind[2] | 波斯二 | Bōsīèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| ζ Ind[3] /HD 200249[3] | 波斯三 | Bōsīsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| θ Ind[3] /γ Ind[3] | 波斯四 | Bōsīsì | 4th star | |||||||
| HD 205877[3] /HD 206427[3] | 波斯五 | Bōsīwu | 5th star | |||||||
| δ Ind[3] | 波斯六 | Bōsīliù | 6th star | |||||||
| ε Ind[3] /HD 208796[3] | 波斯七 | Bōsīqī | 7th star | |||||||
| μ Ind[3] | 波斯八 | Bōsībā | 8th star | |||||||
| ι Ind[3] | 波斯九 | Bōsījiǔ | 9th star | |||||||
| HD 198766[3] | 波斯十 | Bōsīshí | 10th star | |||||||
| HD 199623[3] | 波斯十一 | Bōsīshíyī | 11th star | |||||||
| 孔雀[4] | Kǒngqiāo | Peacock | β Ind | 孔雀增四 | Kǒngqiāozēngsì | 4th additional star |