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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts^ 



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A list of the CAera kings. 



Of these thirty of divine order, or class, are specified; and of the 

 human, or common, kind, in the Cali-yuga, twenty others ; the last of 

 these, named Sundara-murti, was taken alive to Cailasa, or translated. 

 The boundaries of the CAera-country are given; and the term Congu- 

 desam is used as synonymous with C hera-desam. 



On going away* the aforesaid king devolved his authority on his 

 minister. In consequence the rulers of that land did not ride, as usu- 

 al, in a palanquin ; but with their legs hanging outside, as if expect- 

 ing the king's return, and in order to be promptly ready to salute him 

 on his coming. 



The Pandiya race. 



Of these seventy-two, of divine order, are specified; and of those 

 of human form in the Cali-yuga, twelve names are given, commencing 

 with Soma- Sun dara. The 12th is here called Kodankol, " crooked," 

 or " inequitable, sceptre," a mere epithet. In his time the town of 

 Madura with the exception of the herdsmens' street was burnt down; 

 owing to the revenge of a Chetty's wife, whose husband, the king had 

 ordered to be decapitated, in consequence of his publicly offering for 

 sale an ankle-ring, which had been stolen from the female apartments 

 of the palace. It is stated that, in the conflagration, the king's race 

 entirely perished. 



The son of a Brahman, by a common woman, which son was named 

 Chandra-kula-iipa Pandiyan (" the Pandiyan, the light of the lunar- 

 line," a mere artificial title) ruled. Fifteen other names then follow, 

 conformably to the secondary list in the Pandiya-rajakat before 

 quoted. 



In the reign of Kula-verddhana the Mahomedans came, and taking 

 the place overthrew the fanes, &c. The king unable lo resist, fled to 

 the west country. The Pandiya-desam was in Mahomedan disorder. 

 A multitude of troops came from the Carnata-coxxniYY, and drove away 

 the Mahomedans; whereupon the C arnata-chiti re-called »Somfl-5ec'Aa- 

 ra of the Pandiya race, and restored the government to him. Sixteen 

 other names are given (most of them the same as those contained in 

 the list above referred to)y down to Chandra Sec^har a, and Chandra 

 Cumara ; in whose time the Chola invasion took place, leading to an 

 appeal to the Rayer, who sent Nagama Nayaker, and this latter is here 

 said to have killed Chandra* Cumara otherwise called Su?idara-Cumara, 



* This statement appears to be only another version of the story of Cheruman PerU' 

 mal Koing to Mecca, after dividing his dominions among his dependents. 



