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Malay ala rulers resided. At that time the Pandiya king had taken re- 

 fuge in the Malayala country, and he gave the strangers leave to settle. 

 The date of Saka-nayaka, head of the tribe, is placed in Sal. Sac. 1258, 

 (A. D. 1336) and by consequence the Mahomedan irraption was the 



Jirsl that occurred. His rule was 37 years. 



Rajanayak., 41 years.* 



Choka nayak 26 „ 



Mutta-vengara-nayak 19 „ 



Boda-mutta-nayak. . , 18 „ 



Raju-nayak 11 „ 



Chaku-muttu-nayak 9 „ 



Sila-bodi-nayak , 14 „ 



In his time a champion, among the Mahomedans, challenged the 

 people of the Rayer's dominion to find a champion to meet him. Bodi- 

 nayak, heaving of the circumstance, went to the north ; fought with, 

 and killed the Mahomedan ; and in consequence received great honours, 

 and distinctions. He ruled 22 years. 



His son B tmgaru-mutlu-nayak ruled twenty-six years, and was one 

 among the chiefs, summoned to take charge of the bastions of the 

 Madura fort, the 60th being allotted to him. Some details of succes- 

 sors with a few unimportant circumstances are added. From a mytho- 

 logical incident it appears, by the way, that the Madura ruler consi- 

 dered this chief as the first of his " adopted children." In the time of 

 the Honourable Company this district was one of the " assumed palli' 

 yams,^^ during the collectorate of Mr. Hurdis. 



Sectio7i 3. Genealogy of Rama bhadra-nayak of Periyaculam, 



Bhadra-nayak, the first of the race, was a servant of Cottiya Nagama- 

 nayak, employed in the collection of tribute. When the said Nagama 

 went on pilgrimage to Benares in consequence of having no offspring, 

 Bhadra-nayak acted as his deputy ; having charge of all his public du- 

 ties, and rendering an account of them to the Rayer. Some time after 

 a son named Fisvanatha-nayak was born io Nagama-nayak. Subse- 

 quently the invasion of the Pandiya country by Vira Sec'hara CholaUj 

 and the appeal of Chandra Sec'hara Pandiyan to the Rayer occurred. 

 The Rayer sent Nagama-nayak to repel the Cholan, and to reinstate the 

 Pandiyan Nagama, took Bhadra-nayak with him ; and, after the re- 

 quired service was completed, gave Bhadra-nayak charge of collecting 



