18 " Beport on the Mackenzie Mamtscripts. 



of that fane, and going through their feats as though the pole was 

 fixed on the ground. They then as a body, begged of the spectators to 

 affiliate them into their tribes, which request was refused. At length 

 the tribe of weavers consented to receive and incorporate them into that 

 tribe. Hence they are considered to be the weavers' adopted children. 



Note. — These people have not the appearance of Hindus. Perhaps 

 they came to India about the above mentioned period ; and they would 

 desire to be naturalized. I have heard another account of their origin. 

 They may add a class to the number of those who, being in this coun- 

 try, are not aboriginally Hindus, 



III. Manuscript book No. 15, countermark 769. 



Section 1. — Account of the war of Tondaman Chacraverti and Visva- 

 vasu-raja. 



Adondai, the son of Kulottunga Cliola, having destroyed the 

 Curiimbars, and cleared the waste lands, ruled the country. Its 

 four boundaries are mentioned ; and a hyperbolical description is given 

 of its splendour and power. A king from the north named Visvavasu 

 came with a great army and fought with him for a year, by which 

 much of the country was laid waste, and the whole conquered. 

 Adondai fled with some scattered remnants of his forces, and lived for 

 some time on fruits and roots, the spontaneous productions of the 

 earth. While wandering about, a temple of golden coloured turrets struck 

 his view, he entered and worshipped Isvara and Jsvari therein, and 

 determined to remain there. After some time he was favoured with a 

 vision of the local Numina, who assured him that his adoration was 

 accepted, and promised him a great army, with the entire recovery of 

 his possessions. As Tondaman was afraid of his adversary, this fear 

 was reproved, and as a sign he was told, that on going to the encoun- 

 ter, he should find, at a certain place, the figure of Nandi (the bullock 

 vehicle of Siva) which usually looks at the gate of a shrine turned the 

 other way. A greatly exaggerated description is given of the battles* 

 which resulted in fcivor of Adondai ; who at length, with his own hand, 

 cut down Visvavasu-raja. This last (in the Hindu poetical fashion) 

 is then represented as turning into a celestial form; and, addressing 

 the conqueror, he gives an account of the cause why he was banished 

 from Indnis presence, to be a king on earth, and to have his form re- 

 stored by the hand of a votary of Siva. After declaring the right of 



