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[No. 37, 



ceived tribute thence. On the death of the Visiapur ruler, Rama Chan- 

 dra became an independent chief. Reference is then made to earlier 

 times 5 accounting for the name of the fort. At one time it was taken by 

 the Portuguese of Goa. Hyder Ali, at a later time, sent a general to take 

 it; but the assault of the Mahrattas on Seringapatam, induced him to re- 

 treat thither. After the defeat of Tippu the fort came under the English 

 power and Government. 



Section 6. Account of Cbtasicesvara, a town in the province of Ca- 

 nara. 



It at first belonged to Shirapana mallica, and partook of the convul- 

 sions caused by the Mahomedans, and Mahrattas; until it finally submit- 

 ted to an English army. 



Section 7. Account of Jangira Curma gudi, a hill fort in Canara. 



One Sada-siva-nayak built the fort for his younger brother. The Ma- 

 homedans took it; and the Mahrattas seized it from them, by stratagem. 

 It finally came under the English Government. 



Section 8. Account of Aiyur in Canara* 



It afterwards came under the Vijayanagaram rule. At a later time when 

 under the Mahomedans, it was given as a jaghire, and at length it came 

 under the authority of the Honorable Company. 



Remaek. — This is another specimen of books relating to the Ceded Dis- 

 tricts, with further evidence that little of consequence can be gleaned from 

 them. It is a thin quarto, in a very fair and passable state of preserva- 

 tion. 



Manuscript Book, No. 20, C. M. 87. 



Section 1. Account of Tarla-puram, in the Duvur district. 



In the neighbourhood of a large Palmyra-tree-grove some poor people 

 of the Bayilu tribe managed to get a slender subsistence. At the rise of 

 the Vijayanagaram, the small town which had been built bearing the 

 name of Tarla, attracted the notice of some Brahmans in the suite of 

 Pravada-devu-raya in S. S. 1304 ; and one of his successors built and 

 endowed an agraharam there, in S. S. 1436. The posterity of the said 

 Brahmans derived the benefits thence proceeding. Mention is made of 

 the rule of Crishna raya, Terumala raya, Saluva rayer, in whose time the 

 alms-house was given to poets. Afterwards it came into the possession of 

 the Mahomedans, and paid taxes to them. 



Section 2. Account of Jiyam-pad, in the same district. 



Legendary origin from Durvasa-rishi. A small hamlet arose in the 

 Cali age. It was given in the time of Hari-hara-rayer to one of the 

 Jiyengaru, or managers of the fane of A hobala-swami ; and from this gift 



