Referenced In

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"CHAPTER XLVII. Concerning the Province of Caindu. Caindu is a province lying towards the west, and there is only one king in it."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Probably in Marco Polo’s time a Menia population predominated, and the valley was regarded as part of Menia. I make bold to offer as the original of Marco’s Caindu, or preferably Ciandu."

The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo, da Pisa Rusticiano

"Kiung tu or Kiang tu is Caindu in Sze-Ch’wan; Kien tu is in Yun Nan."