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An Essay on Early Relations [No. 37, 



Menang Kabau was thenceforward not allowed to walk ont with- 

 out some one to hold an umbrella over him. 21 

 In a singular list of royal titles occurs the 

 term Kudarat Kudarati, " horse than horses," " best of horses," 

 and mention is made of horses of the race Sorimborani ; also of 

 the blue champaka flower ; the Srimenjeri of ambrosial scent. 



The name of a sultan is Sri maha raja Dur- 



(22) p 330. 



ja.' 1 Mention is made of a makuta, or 



crown. 23 The titles of the kins: and of his 



(23) p. 311. . . , to 



ministers, are 



1. Of the king ; raja, or maharaja. 



2. Of the head minister perdana mantri mangko burnt ; and 

 sometimes, though anomalously, maharaja. 



3. Of the treasurer or high steward, bandhara. 



4. Of the commanders in chief by sea and land, lak see YYiaita 

 and tamanggung. 



5. At the head of the trade or customs the Shabbadara, the 

 governors of provinces are called panglima (of utr eivn-str it /?) the 

 subjects rayek. Beticoolen is properly Benkatdu. u There is a 



. : 3 ^ large stone or rock near the hot springs at 



(24) pp. oo Priangan, anciently the seat of Government, 



12 feet long by 4 feet high, covered with en- 



(25) p- . graven 26 characters. The establishment of 

 Jndra-pura, as an independent kingdom, was among the first dis- 

 memberments of the Menankabau empire. Mention is made of 



the river of Indra-giri™ As regards the Bat- 



(26) Ch.l7,p.3o3 } 3 8. ^ (properly Batak) they are said to be dis- 



similar to the other inhabitants. 27 The u lit- 



(27) Ch. 18, p. 365. ^ kingdom of Butar » is spoken 28 of ; g m 



moran, is a village. Chiefs are termed rojas. 29 



(28) p. 36o. The Battas have a great veneration (of a su- 



(29) p 373. perstitious kind) for the Sultan of Menang 

 *p. 376. Kabau, and his descendants.* They have an 



order of persons styled quru\ (whose office is 

 J( p ' 384 ' precisely that of those so named among 



the Brahmans. They have three deities, named Batara qura 

 tori pada, and Mangala bulang. They say the earth is sup- 

 ported on the end of Nagapadoha ; that this serpent once Jet the 



