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Report on iJie Mackenzie Manuscripts* 



[April 



6. Delails concerning another agraharam, and fluctuations of powev 

 indicated. Constructed in Sal. Sac. 1523. 



7. Particulars of grants made to fane of Antiyur in the Coimba- 

 tore district, tlie earliest date is S. S. 1502. 



8. Specifica'.ion of grants to an agraharam at Hobhalli, in the Jn,' 

 ii'l/ur talook, the earliest date is Sal. Sac. 12U0; the interference of My* 

 sore kings appears. No tax paid to the Honourable Company. 



9. Like matter with reference to an o^ra/ittram at Samha, going up 

 to the ISih century of Sah'vahana, 



10. An oral statement of a person concerning some claims referred 

 to the collector. 



11. Wiih reference to an a^ra/mram in C/?r/cr« ^-m hundred, men- 

 tion is made of the early Congu line of rulers, and then of the succession 

 of the Rayer dynasty. No certain dale is specified higher up than the 

 J3th cent, of Salivahana. 



12. Particulars concerning a fane in the Antiijiir hundred and men^s 

 tion of wild tribes living on a hill near it, who wear no clothes, and live 

 on roots, or other spontaneous productions of the earth. Mention of a 

 fort built by a Vedar king. 



13. Particulars of an agraharam, and its possession going up to S. S 

 1105, and descending through various fluctuations of power as respects 

 taxation imposed. 



14. Matters relative to an agraharam at Andiculam. A composition 

 as to tax in S. S. 1620, in the time of a Mysore ruler. 



15. Reference to a fane of Suhrahmanya at Sicala-puri, where the 

 said Suhrahmanya for some unknown cause chose to dwell. Mention of 

 a teacher of great repute who had many followers. 



16. Certain specialties relative to a fane which has several images 

 vs'ithin it and a great number without side. 



16|. Stanzas in praise of an amma?i. In that fane there are no rites of 

 homage practised. 



17. Kefers to Agatesvara, or a shrine of Siva said to have been 

 founded by Agasfya, and mention of his coming to the south to dissipate 

 the darkness of ignorance. Legendary reference to former yugas. 



18. An inscription dated in the 10th year of Vira-Pandiya-dever, 

 Gift of land. Letters of the inscription, from being very old, cannot, it 

 is stated, be read or copied. 



19. Hand-writing of specified individuals relative to an agra\aram. 

 The earliest date given is Sal. Sac. 700, but it is doubtful if the writers 

 did not mean about 700 years ago. Nothing answering to so high anti* 

 quity as S. S. 700 appears. 



