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him sleeping in the sun, his face shaded by the hood of a cobra-capella, 

 and thence prognosticated his future greatness. At a time when a 

 sovereign was wanted, and an elephant with a wreath of flowers on its 

 trunk was deputed to fix on the proper person, the animal selected 

 Hassan from a multitude of people, and deposited the wreath on his 



head. He was in consequence chosen king 



(In this place some palm leaves of the copy are wanting: how many 

 cannot be determined, as the No. of the page is uniformly reckoned 

 from the beginning of the section. Spare sheets will be left in the bind- 

 ing up of the restored copy, sufficient to allow of the filling in, should 

 the deficient matter be hereafter recovered. There is so close a coin- 

 cidence between the beginning of the section, and the account given by 

 Ferishta of the commencement of the kingdom of the Deccan, that 

 possibly the whole section may only have been an abridgment of Ferishta 

 received by the author Narrayanen from Muhammadans at Arcot. 

 If so the loss is immaterial ; but if otherwise, it is much to be regretted 

 as a check on the mendacious Ferishta is very desirable.) 



Section 8. — Concerning the lower Carndtaca country. 

 Definitive boundaries of the Carnatic. The Tonda-mandalam, capi- 

 tal Conjeveram. The Canara country, capital Seringapatam. The 

 Cholo-mandalam, capital here said to be Chenji, (Ginjee.) Chola-desam 

 on the Cauvery, its capital Tanjore. To the south Pdndiya-mandalam f 

 capital Madura with Trichinopoly. Sera-mandalam, capital Tiru-nagari. 

 Kerala desam, capital Ananta-sayanam. Telinga-desam, capital Kolo- 

 condai (Golconda) — Revenues of those different kingdoms. The Kerala, 

 Pdndiya, Chola, and other rajas were tributaries to the royal house of 

 Hastinapuri. Some notice of the incarnations of the emblems of Vishnib 

 (the Chank y Chacra, &c.) in the persons of Ma'rer, Sadugopa'rvar and 

 others. Notice of Manica, Vasager and Sampnatar ; their polemical 

 contests with the Samunar (Bauddhas or JainasJ. Subsequent to that 

 time the Vaishnava sect experienced a depreciation, owing to the 

 ascendency gained by the Saivas. Notice of Tamil poets, Comban, 

 Pugerentan, Otta-cutan. Camban composed his poetical version of 

 the Ramdyanan in Sal. Sac. 807. Notice of some Chola kings. The 

 Vaishnava teacher Ramanuja flourished Sal. Sac. 939. Tribhuva- 

 na Chacra verti became Suntara Paundiya dever, Fusly 460, Vira 

 Pandiya Cholan was his son. Ramanuja lived in his time. (These 

 points and dates considered as the author's testimony are very important 

 as a check on accounts by the Saivas.) Notice of the first inroad made 

 by the Muhammadans into the Carnatic. Many details concerning 



