Report on the MacJcenzie Manuscripts, 



[April- 



D:— MAHRATTI. 



1. A roll of country-paper, without title, mark, or number. 



The contents of this roll consist of copies of three letters addressed 

 by Ragunalha-yadava to Nana Fartiis, relative to a disputed succession 

 to the throne at Poonah. In answer to communications from Nana 

 Farms (the minister of state) his correspondent Ragonauth gives 

 him details of the strength, and munitions of the subordinate rajas 

 and chiefs, the Nagpore raja, and the Guicovar, or raja of Gujerat be- 

 ing among the number. Various details are added as to battles, and 

 connected circumstances. The letters are written in the midst of the 

 circumstances which they describe, and might be of use to a historian 

 engaged in narrating the events of that particular period, compara- 

 tively recent ; but they are too minute, and local, to admit of abstract: 

 which besides does not appear needful, since a brief index pointing to 

 the existence of such correspondence may here very well suffice. 



The roll attracted attention from its decayed and injured condition. 

 A little trouble being sufficient to put it into a permanent form it was 

 restored ; for papers of such a sort may acquire an additional value 

 with time. 



2. Another roll, a little larger in size was found on examination to 

 have been filled with statistical details, concerning the boundaries, 

 products, revenues, and similar matters, of the Peishwa's dominions ; 

 of which Poonah was the capital. But being torn, damaged, trans- 

 posed, and in part lost, any attempt to restore it was given up j and 

 the loss probably is not of any consequence. 



3. Copy of an ancient record of the rulers of Chandra-giri, 



Manuscript book No. 45.— Countermark 735. 



This book on examination proved to be an interesting (though very 

 brief) chronicle of the Yadava race, which formed one of the early 

 dynasties of rulers in this country. 



The record is said to have been extracted from all the documents in 

 the fort of Crishna Rayer relative to the Rayer dynasty. 



The commencement of the Yadava dynasty is dated from Sal. Sac. 

 731 (A, D. 808-y) beginning with Sri-rangha Yadava rayalu : the dynas- 



