Report 071 the Machevzie MaiiuscripU. [Jan. 



depreciation, owing to the ascendancy gained by (he Saivas. Notice 

 of Tamil poets— Cawafia??, Pugerentan, Otta-cultan. Camban com- 

 posed his poetical version of the Bamoyunum in Sal. Sac. 807. 

 Kotice of some Chola king'^. The Vaishnava teacher Ramanuja 

 flourished Sal. Sac. 939. TribWiuvnva C/uicraverti, became Suntara 

 Fandiya-dever, Fusly 460. Fira Pavdiya Cholan was his son. Rama- 

 nt/Ja lived in his time. (These points and dates, considered as the 

 author's testimony, are very important, as a check on accounts by the 

 Saiviis). Notice of the first inroad made by the Mahomedans into the 

 Carvalic. Many details concerning Crimi-canda- cholan ; oi Ramanuja ; 

 and— the Mahomedans. Can-c«r«-c/?o/«7i flcmrished 5/0, Fu.sly. Villi- 

 putturar, a poet in the Conga-desam, translated the Mahabharata into 

 Tamil verse, at the promised reward of five gold huns each stanza (of 

 four lines) ; on his task being finished, the king gave liim only five 

 fanams each stanza. Story of Nandi, a king of the Chola country, his 

 hunt of a pig, which in the end became metamorphosed into a figure of 

 Vishnu in the Fahara-avatara, a shrine was built on the spot. Origin 

 of Che7iji (or Ginjee). A treasure was discovered by one Anayitakon, 

 a shepherd, who raised troops therewith ; and getting aid from other 

 chiefs, established himself as a raja, Ginjee being his capital— this 

 was Fusly year 600. He cut a eanal for irrigation near Trinomalif 

 which in the course of time having become filled up, was restored by 

 the Nabob Wallajah, Fusly 1184. Anantukon gave to his tribe the 

 name of Sammanamanar. He was succeeded by Crishnakon, F. 650. 

 Goveri-kon : F. 680, both of them built sacred edifices. His son was 

 Govinda-kon, F. 700. Palliya-kon, F. 720, he made roads, choultries, 

 &c. The dynasty now gave way before a Curumba tril^e named 

 Fadaga Feaiar (north country shepherds); the first king of this tiibe 

 was Kobi-lingan, F. 740. He built a brick fort at Chentamangalam, 

 He fornied some tanks, and left others unfinished. In his time, his 

 feudatories built several forts with . bricks in diflferent places, as 

 Asupur, Pelacupur, Cupam-colur, &c. He formed channels to bring 

 down streams for irrigation from mountain-springs; among which the 

 one named Kohilingan-juni remains to this day. He ruled with great 

 equity. Afterwards, F. 800, iV«r«52??^a C/c??^«>- became viceroy. The 

 JMoJia-rayer of Anacondai, Fij ay an a gar am, and Pmnacondai sent an 

 army against the aforesaid Kobilingan, and having conquered the 

 country he delivered it over to Narasiyiga Udiyar, to be held as a fief 

 sending tribute to the raver. A donation was made to a fane, or tem- 

 ple, Sal. Sac. 1332 (A. D. H 10). About this time the ra/a of ranc^i- 



