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the other preceding chiefs from the north, and has much minuteness 

 of detail concerning the different chiefs ; with some notice of ihe disco- 

 very of an image, and founding of a fane, whence the chief derived his 

 title. For the rest the account does not contain the mention of new, 

 or commanding, events. 



Section 7. Account of the race of Copaiya nayak Zemindar, in Din- 

 digul district. 



The origin from the north : they were sent to the souJh to assist in 

 collecting the Bayer's tribute. They were estabhshed in the town,, 

 named after Copaiya nayak, by Visvanatha nayaker, and had charge of 

 one of the bastions of the Madura fort. Like the j. receding they came 

 under the Mysore government, after the Mysore conquest of Dindigul 

 province. There is however nothing special added to the details of 

 leading events before given. 



Section 8. Account of the race of Culapa nayak, Zemindar of Nila 

 cottai in the Dindigul district. 



The account commences with the summons of the Rayer, given by 

 sending round red-garments to raise troops, to resist the Mahomed ans. 

 The repulse of the first hostile manifestations of the Mahomedansj 

 induced the Rayer to present the founder of this race with various ho- 

 nors, and to send him down to the south. He represented that the 

 country was so wild, and unsettled, that he wished to have it for ten years 

 free of tribute. The assumption of the Pandiya kingdom, the war 

 against Kayattatur, where the five illegitimate sons of the P audi y an 

 were conquered, appear as before. The thirteenth chief Culapa 

 iVajO-ama iV«2/«A-er, was an author, and composed the moral work en- 

 titled Viravidu duthu, (said (o have been printed by a native at Ma- 

 dras), Conquest of Dindigul province by Hyder Ali mentioned. 

 Nothing else very particular ; except the assumption of the Palliyam. 



Section 9. Account of Carupa Tambiran, Zemindar of Cotlai-kadu- 

 oduccam, in the Dindigul province. 



This ;9fl///yam (or feudal estate) had its origin at a somewhat later 

 date than the preceding ones, and was founded by a Tambiran, or one 

 of the class of ascetics. The account is very destitute of incident. It 

 is illustrative of opinions and manners. 



