GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA. ' 1435 
hardly known. However it is probably the Catiigara of ProLemy, and 
the Caitaghora of Ex Kopriss1, the fort and town. of Catanh. 
Tus country of Cayan or Cayan-dhu is mentioned by M. Poxo, with a 
river called Brius, which is the Brahma-putra. This region, says he,-is to 
the west of Carayan, and an extensive country. . _AsM. Poo speaks of these 
countries from report only, he is generally inaccurate, and it is a difficult 
task to recognise the countries he speaks, of, and to.arrange them properly. 
Be this as it may, he says, that Carayan is eighteen days from the city of 
Mien, which is Avd, and that the three first days, you descend through 
frightful precipices. Mr. De Guienes shews, thatit was part of Yunnan,* 
and I bee leave to add, that it extended a great way towards the west, as 
far as the country of Cayan-diu, on the eastern banks of the. Brahmd-putra. 
It extends along the northern frontiers of Man i-pur, from which it is sepa- 
rated by a ridge of mountains, called Carrun to this day, according to 
Colonel Symrs.+ To the west of Carayan, and of the Corrun hills, was 
the country called Car yndu by M. Poto, and which was bounded, towards the 
west, by the river Brius. This is the Brahmd-putra, which is often styled, 
if not called, the river Bry: yy a, because it is the efflux of Branma, and this 
_ word is always pronounced in the east Biryja. The country to the north 
of Aséma, on its banks is called Br amasong in the Ailphab. ‘Tibet., and 
in the Purditas, Br ahind-lunga, in the list of countries. fti is called also 
Bregiong because it is on the banks of the river Birj ny) or Burp J yore. ina 
* Histoire des Huns. Vol. 4, p. 176. 
+ Empassy to dvi, Vol, Ist. p. 181. 
