i835.] Biographical sketch of Col, Mackenzie, 285 



the Kuttak Ballails, the Rajas of Kallinga, of Rajaman- 

 dri^ of Bezoada, &c. 



11. Chola and Panclya, — Comprehend the materials 

 translated of these ancient dynasties confirmed and com- 

 pared by their inscriptions still remaining, by books, po- 

 ems, and various works of their ancient sages. 



12. Sassanams^or Hijidu Inscriptions, Grants, Edicts, 

 ^c, — These are of three kinds : 



1. Comprehends copies of the original sassanams 

 transcribed in all parts of the comitry, from stones gene- 

 rally, more rarely from copperplates : it is supposed that 

 above 3000 at least have been collected by intelligent 

 natives trained and formed for this purpose. 



2. Fac-similes and drawings of the most ancient and 

 curious of the above, being those that are in antique 

 characters — some now obsolete — some read with dnTi- 

 culty— -others entirely unknown : it was thought right 

 to preserve fac-similes of them^ to authenticate the 

 materials. 



3. Translations of the most interesting and curious of 

 the inscriptions fi'om the different languages ; besides a 

 great portion still untranslated on Kajan leaves, c^u'i ^ 

 try paper, &c. 



N.B. The materials from which the above are taken 

 are in fifteen different languages and twenty-one differ- 

 ent alphabetical characters ; and it was necessary to 

 employ persons conversant in each, sometimes with great 

 difficulty, to extract them from those languages, as fol- 

 lows : — 



Languages, Characters. 

 ]. Sanscrit. 1. Obsolete. 



2. D^vanagari or Baulobund. 



3. Grundum. 



3. Teilinga. 1. Ancient Tellinga, very old, ob- 



solete. 



2. Ditto. 



3. Modern Tellinga. 



