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some portions being worthless, and some of consequence. In the 

 paper about Chittambaram the leauing- fact of a migration of three 

 thousand Brahmans, from ihe north, to this phice is important; and, 

 from the way in which it is repeated, confirmed, and connected, with 

 the very existence of that chief fane, of the Cliola country })roper, I 

 have no doubt of iis substantive authenticily. It adds an item to the 

 otherwise existing evidence to the fact, that the Brahmans were origi- 

 nally foreigners in the Peninsula. In the accounts of the Poligars 

 herein noticed, there are some historical gleanings to be gathered. 

 The notice of the great commercial town at the ancient mouth of the 

 Caveri, is most valuable. I have long had in contemplation a disquisi- 

 tion (I) on the early relations of India with Sumatra, Java, Ceylon, 

 and the neighbourhood (2) on a great geographical clsange of form 

 in the Sinus Gangeticu^:, or Bay of Bengal, and all adjacent localities, 

 especially those south of Madras ; and (3) on the great geographical 

 changes, yet to be anticipated. The paper in question will assist that 

 disquisition, whenever my leisure may be sufficient to allow me to fill 

 up, and amplify my plan. The list of JTat/am-kings, and the document 

 obtained from Cali-cavi-rayen of Coimbatore are also very valuable. 

 The latter explains an obscure passage in the Pandii/a rajakal, about 

 kings adapted to this Cali-yaga age | and will help, in any general 

 digest, in the needful work of reducing the accounts of the PuJidiya 

 kingdom to something like authenticity. 



On the whole the pains and trouble which this book has required 

 are not regretted. 



Manuscript book, No. 11.— Countermark 765. 



Section I. Account of Candapa-raja Mailapur (St. Thom^), con- 

 nected with a legend concerning St. Thomas. 



This is a legend stated to be translated by one named Nanapracasam^ 

 from a Latin a.anuscript. It does not bear great internal marks of 

 authenticity ; and in all probability is merely a Roman Catholic 

 legend. It was translated by me, as a curiosity; and the translation 

 was printed in a number of the South Indian Christian Repository, 

 To that translation it may be sufficient, in the present place, simply 

 to refer. 



Section 2. Notice of the race of Cavalapa Nayar of Naduvali, 



