S5G AN ESSAY ON THE 



timitn. To the West, the Sita or Jnxartes flows 

 thiouQ-b tJiP country of Varun'a ; the Chacshu^ 

 t]i!0iiL,li ^aumj/a; aiul the .Vw^'>^//, through Naga- 

 chau'da. JBetv/eeii rhtse, in the muUMe, is the 

 Gdii^eSy which flows through CamdriciC'Charida or 

 India, 



In the Vayu Pur ana, the orioiii of these seven 

 rivers is thus described ; Nor'^h of Caildsa is the 

 G 'lira mountain, at tlie foot of which is the Bindu- 

 saronara, or lake with golden sand. There went 

 Bh AGi rat'ha to fetch the Ganges, called Tripafha- 

 gd. because it goes through three paths, or chan- 

 nels. 



There he ol)taIned ih^Gaitges from ^Iaha'-deva, 

 which dividing into seven streams or paths, is 

 called^ from that circumstance, Saptadlid, The 

 Sitd goes through countries inhabited by the *S'i- 

 rind hras, the Ciintalas with longhair, ihc Chinas, 

 for this is considered as the native country of the 

 Chinese ; the Barbaras, Vavasas, JJruhas, Tiishd- 

 ras living among snow, Culindas, Ancas, Loca- 

 varas. Tlie Sitd goes towards the West, and falls 

 into the sea of salt water. 



The Chacshu flows through the countries of the 

 Chuiamanus, or Chinamen, Tanganas, Sarva-Cdlicas, 

 Sandliras, Tushdras ; lumpacas, read Lumpacas, 

 Pahvas, Daradus, \Sacas oi Sa.vcns, 



The Sindlm goes through Daradas, Cds'miraSf 

 Gand'hdras or Gandari, Faranas or Greeks of Bac- 

 tria, Hridas, Rhotas, the Jihtdacs^o^ the Bassarics 

 o^ Dionysius*, "Sivapauras (hvirg in the town of 

 \Sivapura, or Sheopoor), Indrahdsas raddntis, Visnr^ 

 jai/as, Saindliavas, (living on the banks of the 



* Stephan oi Byzantium ^d\octm. 



