1850.] 



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acquired the name of Jiyam-pad. It descended to his posterity ; went to 

 decay ; but was reconstructed in the time of Sri-rangha-rayer. Vencata- 

 pati-rayer ruling in Pennaconda formed an agraharam here, and gave it to 

 Brahmans ; whence it acquired the name of Vencata-raya-samudram 

 (the sea (of benefit) of Vencata). It passed through the hands of the 

 Mahomedans ; and came under the English Government. 



Section 3. Account of Camanur, in the same district. 



Its limits are defined, stated to have been an Agraharam of the Jainas, 

 during the entire era of Vicramaditya. It was twice destroyed by fire. 

 A Sudra afterwards built a hut in the immediate neighbourhood ; and, 

 from his name Caman, it acquired its appellation. In the time oiChicka- 

 udiyar, farmers and accountants were appointed. It passed through the 

 hands of the Rayer dynasty ; and of the Mahomedans, finally coming un- 

 der the English power. 



Section 4 to Section 15. "Within these twelve sections are contained 

 brief notices of eighteen villages, and two Brahman alms houses. The 

 whole was carefully examined; but was found to consist of such trifling 

 details, as not to require minute specification. The general results are, 

 the peopling of a waste country under the Rayer dynasty ; certain alter- 

 ations or transfers of property and power, and the transit of the coun- 

 try, through the Mahomedan power, into the possession of the English 

 Government. 



Remark. — The book though touched by termites, in the outer mar- 

 gins, is for the rest, in good preservation. 



Manuscript Book, No. 24, C. M. 821. 



This book contains brief notices concerning nine villages, and one vil- 

 lage fane; with one section of revenue accounts of villages near AdonL 

 The names of the villages, &c., may be seen on. consulting theDes. Cata- 

 logue, vol. 2, p. lxi. Art. 24, containing acopyorihe table of contents. In 

 the account of villages, there is mention of their formation by clearing, 

 and cultivating, the former w r aste country ; and, occasionally, mention is 

 made of some year of the era of Salivahana, and sometimes the mention 

 of a ruler and name. In a total deficiency of information such things might 

 cast a faint gleam of light, here and there, on the obscurity ; but as we 

 possess otherwise tolerably full information on the changes of government 

 over this neighbourhood, the notices herein found, are scarcely worth the 

 trouble of seeking for them. One section, in the Canarese language, is en- 

 tirely occupied with small details of revenue accounts. There are three 

 other sections in that language. 



An exception to the above general statement is found in the 9th Sec- 

 tion, relating to SHpa-giri. 



