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12. Records assistance rendered to the Rayer in suppressing some 

 Opposers cit Chenna-patana. 



13. Singama Nayadii was versed in learning. 



14. Diiiiv.a nmjadii is said to have conquered the {jujeraty Chola, 

 and Pandiyn mjas. 



15. Dherma ISoyadu, conveyed to his posterity the title of BavU' 

 varu. 



16. The succession of the race is carried on down to No. 28, 

 ye7icatadi'i Nayadu, who Yul^ed -dt Vencata-giri and in his time the 

 name of the Fevcata giri kingdom originated. The name of that place 

 fi'om hooks, and inscriptions, is found to have been Kal-mali, from the 

 name of a local goddess, worshipped by a few cottagers. One named 

 Cohari Bulha raja had built a fort and resided there : he was driven 

 away by Vencatudri who took possession ; changed the name of the 

 Sacii, and caused it to bear the name of Vencata-giri from Vii^hnu 

 worshipped at Ft'wca^^k//a//« (Tripety ) distant four amada, ox kadamSy 

 (40 miles). His son was Rayapa Nayadu, who succeeded to the go- 

 vernment. No. 29 down to 31. Some other names, down to Yasnma No- 

 yadu, and Sivgvnia Nayadu, by whom a great battle was fought with 

 other opjiosing chiefs in a plain near Ulra Melur in which they gained 

 a victory Sal. Sac. 1523 (reference to another book called Sit^amalica 

 No. 8) : its substance given here. (The scene was in the Tamil coun- 

 try, Maduraniaca, being mentioned as near the place of combat). The 

 Mahomedans were mingled up in the affair, in connection with Ginjee 

 and Vellore. Down to No. 34, many details are given, too complex for 

 abstracting; among which it appears that the Fellugotivaru were driven 

 from their native district by the Mahomedans, v/ho took it into pos- 

 session ; that Vencata-giri was a part only of the Chandra-giri king- 

 dom ; that the Mahomedans acquired an ascendancy, and that certain 

 cruelties v\ t ie attendant on ZwZ/ecar ^/jaw'* incursion into the Carna- 

 tic ; that Vencaia-girt was assumed into possession by ihem ; but, by 

 solicitations at the court of Go^co^jrfa, a restitution of this, and some 

 other districts, was made, on condition of paying tribute. Certain 

 grants as made by persons holding privileges under Aurungzebe are 

 mentioned in the MS. as deduced from inscriptions : one of the dates is 

 1618 Sal. Sac. (A. D. 1696). 



35. Some other names, and date of a grant by Pedda Yasama iV«- 

 yadu in Sal. Sac. I62O. With him the line of Vellugotivaru ceased 

 and the race was transferred to adopted children. 



36, 37. Some other details ; an invasion of Mahomedans from Ar- 

 cot, who plundt red and burnt J and in the disturbance many records 



