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Report on the Mackevzie Manuscripts. 



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same order as abstracted) re-copied ; by way of record for reference^ 

 if need be. At the same time the abstracts (with the sole exception 

 of the catalogue of caves and sculptures) are sulficiently full for every 

 needful purpose ; and, guaranteed by the copies for reference, may be 

 used as safely as if they were full translations. 



As regards the fragment its chief use is to add an item of evidence 

 to the proofs, otherwise in existence, that the aboriginal inhabitants of 

 the Peninsula termed Racshasas were exterminated, or driven away by- 

 colonies of Hindus. The recurrence of so many vestiges, in places 

 and in documents so widely distinct, and different, cannot be without 

 a foundation in the certainty of historical truth. 



C:-MALAYALAM. 



Manuscript book. No. 5.— Countermark 899. 



Section 1. Account of Malapura-coya in the Veliula-vad, or district. 



No ancient books except the Koran. The writer derives his autho- 

 rity from Jaini Mahomed in Ponani village. The amount of informa- 

 tion conveyed amounts to little or nothing, except wilh reference to a 

 few religions, or local, customs. They have no inscriptions. 



Section 2. Account of the Falluva-nad, or Angadi-puramt rajas, 

 in Maldydla. 



The capital was established by Cheruman Pernmal. The younger 

 brother succeeds on the death of a preceding king. They have no in- 

 scriptions, or records; the latter perished in the period of disturbance. 



Section 3. Notice of the Panikar, a tribe of astrologers. 



They refer their instruction in astrology to the precepts of Subrah- 

 manya. The origin of the class is derived from Tuluva, wilh fabulous 

 accompaniments ; by which it appears, that their class originated 

 from a Brahman and a woman of lower tribe. They state that they 



