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and, ruling there, the power descended to several generations. At 

 length Zulfecar Khan, with a Mahomedan force, came into the country, 

 and, after fighting with the raja of Ginjee for twelve years, he took 

 the hill-fort of Givjee, and placed Davood Khan in this country, as 

 his subadar : Ghjee, and other places, were included in the district of 

 Arcot, and the Subah of Arcot, thenceforward became famous. 

 Davood Khan after regulating all things went to the north. Zul' 

 fecar Khan colonized the country with Mahomedans, and greatly- 

 improved it. He was superior to the former Carna/aca raja; 

 and he made some benefactions to Hindu fanes. From the con- 

 stant increase of inhabitants, the town became very large, turing 

 this Mahomedan 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 dis« 

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

 attention, and the inhabitants were happily released from their trou- 

 bles. 



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

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

 Taluable, and is capable of being jointed, in its proper place, with the 

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

 materials which form this collection. 



Section 3.— kccouui o{ the Baudd^ hit rajas who ruled in the seven 

 walled fort of Arzipadai-langi. 



Anciently the Baadd'has ruled over one-third of the country forming 

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

 as above. There were Baudd'hist fanes of celebrity at various places ; 

 among them at Conjeveram, The last of their rulers was Yemasithalan* 

 Many persons came to them from a great distance in the north, teach- 

 ing their doctrinal and polemical sastras. They became very accom- 

 plished in their religious way. They were united among themselves, 

 and sent their children to a great distance to receive instruction. 



Two persons named Acalangan and Nishcalangan produced a perse- 

 cution, by privately writing in a Bandd^hahodk that the Jaina system 

 was the best one. A device was had recourse to in order to discover 

 the authors ; and, on being discovered, they wete forced to flee for 



