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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscriptss. 



original Sanscrit work. Should however no such translation be likely 

 to appear, then it might be desirable to give the contents of this manu- 

 script, an English rendering, after matters more strictly relating to the pe- 

 ninsula-history have been attended to, and dismissed. 



Manuscript book, Nos. 37 and 38. 



It is necessary to class these two books together, as their subject is 

 the same; that is local accounts of villages in the Northern Ci rears ; 

 with a special reference to the settlement of the Nhjogi, or secular, 

 Brakmans, as village accountants. They relate to the cleaning of waste, 

 or forest lands, location of colonists, and the consequent building of 

 villages, with fanes, and 7tiantapas, the excavation of -water reservoirs, 

 and other details. 



Both books are so greatly damaged from the effects of damp, or of salt 

 water, and of the attacks of termites, as to be irrecoverable. It seems 

 probable, that the restoration, were it practicable, would not be a matter 

 of much consequence ; but whether so, or not, the sense is so prevailingly 

 lost, that nothing now can be done with the books, in the way of remedy. 



From looking over the whole of the sections, wherever any sense can 

 be made out, the following seem to be the general indications j as far as 

 historical matters are concerned. 



There are references to Visvambara-deva a Gajapati prince. The Ga~ 

 napat'i prince is described as his oiFspring, and the date of Sal. Sac. 1056 

 (A. D. 1134), is given, as that of his installation. He made gifts of 

 waste lands to Gopa-raju and Ramana, descendants from the Aruvela- 

 niyogi-mcQ, or secular Brahmans. These again subdivided the country in- 

 to smaller districts among other Niyogi-Brahmans-, and the country in 

 this way, became peopled, and civilized. The preceding state of go- 

 vernment gave way to that of the Beddivdru, which was superseded by 

 the Carnataca rule. This was followed by the ascendancy of Crishna 

 rayalu. His power yielded to that of the Mahomedans ; and these were 

 superseded by the Honorable Company. 



Note. — These two books are entered in the Des. Catal. vol. 2, p. 18 

 and 19, art. xxxvii. and xxxviii., with a copy of the table of contents, 

 prefixed in English to each of the books, which from what remains of 

 those indices can be ascertained lo be the same. As the books are irre- 

 coverably damaged, a reference to the Catalogue may now suffice ; with- 

 out copying those indices in this place. 



