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deva-rayer. No mention of intervening matters down to Narasinga" 

 deva-rai/er, who introduced a new dynasty. 



Seclion Jth.—On the Hassan dynasty of the Deccan kingdom. 



This kingdom began with Hassan, a contemporary with Rama-deva, 

 of the foregoing race. He was of humble origin. A Brahman saw him 

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

 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 depositeii the wreath on his 

 head. He was in consequence chosen king. 



(In this place seme palm leaves of the copy are wanting, how many 

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

 from the beginning of the section ; spare sheets will be left, in the 

 binding up of the restored copy, sufficient to allow of the filling in, 

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

 coincidence 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 Mahomedans 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 Carnataca country. 



Definitive boundaries of the Carnatic. The Tondamandalam^CBC^i' 

 tal Conjeveram. The Canara country — capital Seringapatam. The 

 Cholamandalam—CR^hVdl here said to be Chenji (Ginjee). Chola- 

 desam on the Cauvery, its capital Tavjore. To the south Pandiya- 

 mandalam, capital Madura, with Trichinopoly. Chera-mandalam, capi- 

 tal Tiru-nagari. Kerah-desam, capital Anantasayanam. TeUnrta" 

 desam, capital Kola-condai (Golconda). Revenues of those different 

 kingdoms, the Kerala-pandiya, Chola, and other rnjas were tributaries 

 to the royal house of Hastinapuri. Some notice of the incarnations o^ 

 the emblems of Vishiu, the {Chank, Chacra, &c.) in the persons of 

 Marer, Sadugo-parva and others. Notice of Manica, Vasacar, and 

 Sampanatr, iheiv polemical contests with the Saniunar (Baiidd'has or 

 Jainas). Subsequent to that time ihQ Faishnava sect experienced a 



