A434. ON THE ANCIENT 
goes by the name of its supposed capital Cara-hataca. It is mentioned 
twice inthe Mdéha-bhdrata; where it is called in the list of countries Hataca 
and Cara-hataca.' In. several lists of countries from the peninsula, and 
published by Dr. F. Bucuanan, and in another from. that country also, 
givenito me by Colonel Mackenziz, the country of Cara-hat aca is mention~ 
eds However it is absolutely unknown in this part of India; but I do not 
think that it was the name of city, but of the pool of Brauma, the water 
of which is declared, as we have seen before to be Hdtaca, and Caras 
hatace. 
In the list from Avé published by ‘Dr. F. Bucanan* there is a country 
called Kian-dan, and that gentleman declares, that the Kiayn-duan comes 
from the country ofthe Kiayn tribe. According to the journal of the 
four Chinese merchants,. in ‘their’ way’ back from Stam: to their native 
country, and inserted.in Du! Hatner’s China, the river of Siam comes from 
the mountain or mountainous region of Kyang-daw. Hasi-Kaanira men- 
tions, in that very country, a river called.also Khamdan, but he meant by it, 
it seems, the mer of Cambodia, for he says, that the town of Khancu, was 
_situated upon it, This is not true of the town, but may be of the country 
of that name, For Az Bercenni says, that it soe rather the name of the 
country, and that the town was called Khatha, and is probably the same 
place, with a fine harbour, called at present Catanh, with. an island in front, 
_ andof the same name... This harhour is no longer frequented, and even 
re 
* Asiatick Researches, Vol. 6. ps 227. 
+ D’uerexpet ad voc. Khancow. 
