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Subsequently the edifices built by them went to ruin ; and the country 

 became a wilderness, as it had been before. Thus it remained for some 

 time till Nala Bomma-naYadu, and Tuvtma-nayadu, being on a hunt- 

 ing excursion from Pennacondai, hearing there was a multitude of beasts 

 ^n this forest, came hither. They saw an old hare chase a fierce tiger 

 and seize it by the throat, at which they were surprised : they consi- 

 dered this to be an auspicious place ; and, having caused it to be colo- 

 nized, they cut down the forest termed Arcddu, and built there a stone 

 fort, with treasure discovered by Anjanam, (a kind of magic,) and ruling 

 there the power descended to several generations. At length Zulfecar 

 Kha'n, with a Muhammadan force, came into the country, and, after fight- 

 ing with the raja of Ginjee for twelve years, he took the hill-fort of 

 Ginjee, and placed Dau'd Khan in this country as his subadar. Ginjee 

 and other places were included in the district of Arcot, and the subah 

 of Arcot thenceforward became famous. Dau'd Khan after regulat- 

 ing all things went to the north. Zulfecar Kha'n colonized the coun- 

 try with Muhammadans, and greatly improved it. He was superior to 

 the former Carndtaca raja, and he made some benefactions to Hindu 

 fanes. From the constant increase of inhabitants the town became very 

 large. During this Muhammadan rule, it was not allowed to the Hindus 

 to build large houses, or to travel in any conveyance. If any such 

 thing appeared the persons connected therewith were seized, fined, and 

 reduced to poverty. Such being the case with the settled residents, the 

 persons employed as servants, were six months on fatigue duty, with a 

 bundle of rice in their hands, and another six with their hands tied 

 together in fetters. At length when the English came into power, and 

 the disturbances had ceased, as Arcot was a large town it received much 

 attention ; and the inhabitants were happily released from their troubles. 

 Remark. The former part of this section is merely of etymological 

 consequence, but the latter portion, as to the founding of Arcot, is valu- 

 able, and is capable of being joined in its proper place, with the other 

 portions of real history to be gathered, here and there, from the materi- 

 als which form this collection. 



Section 3. — Account of the Bauddha rdjas tvho ruled in the seven- 

 tvalled Fort of Arzipadai tdngi. 

 Anciently the Bauddhas ruled over one-third of the country forming 

 the Ddudacdranya. They built a large fort with seven walls, called as 

 above. There were Bauddhist fanes of celebrity at various places 

 among them at Conjeveram. The last of their rulers was Yemasitha- 

 lan. Many persons came to them from a great distance in the north 



