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To the south of the iVama^A2 (Nerbudda) river the reckoning by 

 the era of Vicramaditya ceased ; but continued to the north of that 

 liver. The era of SaUvahana followed, containing eighteen hundred 

 years. In this period the following kings reigned :— 



Years SaT. Sac. 



Salivahana 21 



Madhava Verma 30 51 



Kottakevana 70 121 



Nila Cauda 33 154 



Mukanthi. 66 200 



Choda maha raja, and his race 217 437 



Yavana Bhoja „ , , 41 478 



His race during eight generations ........ 417 895 



Subsequently came Rama deva rayalu and others. There were from 

 Sal. Sac. 895, three thrones j that is, the Narapati, the Gajapati, and 

 Aswapati, the whole of whom ruled during a period of five hundred and 

 ninety-one (591) years. The Narapati and the Rayer dynasty (of Vi- 

 jayanagara) : the family names of the two dynasties being Champila 

 and Salagola. The Gajapati are the Vaddi kings (of Orissa) the fami- 

 ly name of the dynasty being Miryala. The Aswapati, are Mahome- 

 dans. The Ganapati ruler (of fVarankal) named Rudra, yielded them 

 no obedience ; and, inclusive of Pratapa Rudra and his race, a period 

 of 160 years is reckoned down to Sal. Sac, 1505. This race is stated 

 to have governed fourteen principalities. The Gajapati race is said 

 to have ruled for 155 years; during which they built many agraharas 

 (or alms houses) for Brahmans. The accountants employed by them 

 were of the Tamil country ; and the head inspectors were Cauras 

 (a class of Telugu) people. Both were afterwards removed to make 

 ■way for the Niyogi Brahmans. This was in Sal. Sac. 1210. Subse- 

 quently six generations of the Reddivaru ruled, during one hundred 

 years ; down to Sal. Sac. 1310. There follow some details, in which 

 the concerns of the Rayer dynasty, and affairs of the Gajapati, Mu- 

 kanthi, and M ahomedan rulers, are much interwoven. The account 

 comes down to the grandson of Alum Shah, named Ahmed Shah, 

 Sal. Sac. 1672 (A. D. 1750) : after which period and down to Sal. Sac. 

 1720 (A. D. 1798) it professes ignorance. 



Remark.— This MS. of nine large sized palm-leaves, fully written, 

 is for its size respectable. There seem to be some anachronisms, and 

 an occasional inversion of the order in which the rulers mentioned 



