1839.1 



Report on the Maclcenzie Manuscripts. 



PtEMARK. — Tliongli this brief mention of the contents is probably suffi- 

 cient, as to any valuable purpose ; yet as the. papers are loose, the country 

 paper very thin, and partly injured by inseclSy I have on the whole 

 thought it as well to have it restored. 



Note. — The book is entered in Des. Catal. vol. 2, p. L. art. 40, 



Manuscript book, No. 8— Countermark 762. 



Section 1. Account of reriyobavja Cond ama-nayak , local chief of 

 Ayacudi in Coimbatore. — The account commences with the dates of 

 C. Y. 4400, and S. S. 1321, when the head of this line was 

 despatched, by the Padshah of Delhi, against the Mahrattas. A 

 sanguinary contest occurred, leading to an explanation, and sub- 

 sequent agreement. JJhaiya Condama, was afterwards invested with 

 honours and distinctions. He, with his family, emigrated in conse- 

 quence of the Padshah, whom they served, requiring wives from 

 their tribe ; to which they could not consent. They settled in the south, 

 at Ahohalam. The defeat of the Pandiyaii, by the Chola-raja, subse- 

 quently occurred; leading to the appeal of the former to the Rayer ; and 

 the sending of Nagama Nayakar. His usurpation ; the sending of 

 VisvandV ha to bring his head; tlie accession of Vi&vanat'ha to the rule at 

 Madura ; the building of a new fort ; the appointment of Ariya-mufha' 

 laiyar to be chief minister of state, are narrated. Subsequently there 

 is legendary matter to account for the establishment of the fane of yi/<(d^«/cr- 

 isvara. The first of the line ruled there as a feudal chief for 30 years : 

 his son 15 years. Other descents of the chieftainship are mentioned. 

 There is nothing particular beyond, except the Mysore invasion ; and, 

 at a later time, the war against Tanjore. The subsequent transactions, 

 to^vards the close of which the Englishbecame concerned, are narrated. 



Note. — This paper as being of some value, and from the ink of the 

 l-ecord being faded, has been restored. 



A brief statement of the assumption of the pdlliyam, by Government'; 

 and also an incomplete notice of the line of Rama Bhadra NayaJc, fol- 

 low. The first is of no moment ; and a full notice on the latter has 

 heretofore been given. 



Section 2. Account of Padmachala, and of its fane, in the Coimbatore 

 Country. — This account professedly is extracted from the Scanda- 

 jpurdnam ; some adhydyas of wdiich are copied. The object is to account 



