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for the better irrigation of the villages of his district. In the time of 

 Vencata Rayer he went to an interview with that chief at Dindigul j 

 and he was there required to pay 300 chacrams as tribute. He ruled 

 45 years. His son was Bommala nayaker, who paid the san:|e tribute 

 to the same place, and ruled 41 years. His son was Canchi Varada 

 nayaker, who paid his tribute, and ruled 41 years. His son was Chaca- 

 la-nayaker : Meer Sahib then ruled at Dindignl,and raised the tribute to 

 700 4;hacrams. When Syed Sahib ruled he raised the tribute to 1000 

 chacrams, Chacala nayaken ruled 39 years. His son Palliyapa 

 nayaker succeeded, paid the same extent of tribute, and ruled twenty- 

 five years. The Dindigul province having come under the government 

 of the Honourable Company, the aforesaid tribute of one thousand cAa- 

 €7aw5 was paid during the CoUectorships of Messrs. Macleod, Ran- 

 kin, and Wynch. In the time of Mr. Hurdis the same. " In the 

 Kala year I paid seven hundred, and being unable to pay the other 

 three hundred, my district was assumed, and Mr. Hurdis protected me 

 by giving me an allowance of sixty rupees monthly ." The lands were 

 surveyed by measurement, and it would appear as if a committee in- 

 vestigated the subject, in the time of Mr. Parish, adjusting the tribute 

 at the rate of five hundred and sixty-one chacrams. The account is 

 written by the grandson of the beforementioned Palliyapa nayaker, 

 bearing the same name. He dates his accession in fusly Tilfcl, with 

 the mention of which date the writing concludes. 



Section 5. Account of the Zemindars of Succampatti, in ihe Dindi- 

 gul province. 



(Copied from a palm-leaf Manuscript). 

 The same origin from the north : the founder of the race served with 

 Visvanatha nayak against the Mahomedans, and was sent down to the 

 Pandiyan country. One of the chiefs fell in the struggle against an 

 illegitimate son of the Pandiyan. On this war there are some things 

 in the document worth consulting. The war against the Setupati, 

 and against Tanjore are also noticed. For the rest the minute details 

 much resemble the preceding. 



Section 6. Account of the Zemindar of Jmmaiya nayak palliyam, in 

 Dindigul district. 



This account is copied, it is stated from records written on copper, 

 and carefully preserved by the family. It indicates alike origin with 



