CHAPTER IX. 



GANJAM. 



THE province of Granjam 'extends along 

 the Coromandel coast from Calingapa- 

 tam to the confines of Orissa; it lies 

 between the sea and the Khond and 

 Sourah hills, and is peopled partly by 

 Teloogoos and partly by Ooriyahs. The 

 ancient kingdom of Orissa once included 

 the whole of Granjam as far south as 

 Calingapatam, but the Ooriyah popula- 

 tion were thrust back from the sea- 

 coast 'and the open plains adjoining it 

 by a stronger race than themselves, and 



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