1838] Kings of the Call Yuga. 495 



the Pandiya race, who was crowned on the summit of the highest moun- 

 tain in the country. Subsequent to the rule of seventeen kings, each 

 ruling twelve years, Cheruman Perumal ruled as the eighteenth, and 

 did so for thirty-six years. He divided the country among several per- 

 sons, one of whom was the Cnrumba raja, who governed thirty-six ka- 

 damSf (or yoja?ias.) The race failed, and an adopted son was made chief. 

 Bounds of the district stated. At a later period being troubled by the 

 Muhammadans, the people emigrated from the district. The English 

 rule was greatly welcomed* 



Section 19. — Account of the tribe of Caniyara Pannikar. 



In reply to an inquiry concerning their tribe they state ; that their 

 ancestor was a brahman and give a legend of mythological kind, to 

 account for the degradation of his posterity : astrological matters are 

 mixed up with the legend. 



General Remarks. The contents of this book, of so very varied 

 value, have had a note in passing. From the seventh section tothe 

 end the documents are loose papers, tacked into the book and written, 

 for the greater part, on so fragile a material as China paper. It was 

 therefore judged suitable to re-copy them in a more permanent manner. 

 Some of the documents are not without value. They are the results of 

 queries circulated by Mr. Baber, perhaps at the suggestion of Colo- 

 nel Mackenzie, as is rendered very probable, among other reasons, by 

 the first inquiry always being respecting inscriptions ; and it would ap- 

 pear that, in Malayalam, there must be a greater paucity of inscriptions, 

 than in other parts of India. 



Professor Wilson has entered this book Des. Catal. vol. 2, page 

 xcxi, Art. 8, giving only a transcript of the English headings of sec- 

 tions prefixed to the book. In Section 6, the word " originally" is not 

 in the said headings, and its insertion in the catalogue conveys an error. 

 The entry is " History of Sankardcharya composed originally in the 

 Sanskrit language." The document is still in the Sanskrit language, 

 though written in the Palayalam character. 



C. TELUGU. 



Palm-leaf Manuscripts. 

 1. — Call yvga Raja charitra or account of kings of the Cali yuga, 

 No. 131, Countermark 330. 

 This manuscript reckons, at the commencement, by the era of Yudis- 

 fhira : the whole of which era is stated to include three thousand and 

 forty-four (3044) years. In this period the following kings reigned. 

 3 q 2 



