184 4. J Sixth Report on Mackenzie Manuscripts. 73 



b. Manuscript Books. 

 Manuscript Book, No. 4. C. M. 897. 



In this thin folio, the 1st Section, containing rules for sale, 

 and mortgage of lands, in Malay alam and Telugu, was ab- 

 stracted under the head of Malayalam papers in a foregoing 

 report. 



Section 2. Bules embodied in verses on the authority of 

 Pandits, in the Malayalam country. 



Nothing answering to the section-heading appears ; unless 

 the interlined version in Telugu of the contents of the fore= 

 going section in Malayalam be intended thereby \ as possibly 

 is the case. 



Section 3. Account of Rama-Raja, the King of Tra» 



vancore. 



The writer records the substance of what he bad gathered, 

 from conversation, and from records. 



He gives a detail of twelve Kings who ruled over Venat- 

 ianad (another name for Travaneor^e) derived partly from 

 books, partly from verbal enquiries. 



1. In Collam era 588, Kerala-kula Sec' hara-Perumal 'being 

 dead: 



2. Sec'hara-kula-sec'hara ruled down to Col. era 636. 



3. Sancara-sri-vira rama martanda Perumal ruled to Col. 

 era 685. 



4. Iravi verma Perumal, down to 742. 



5. Vira-udiya-martanda Perumal down to 762. Having 

 no posterity, he in Col. era 758 adopted. 



6. Martanda-raja, who ruled down to 842. He repaired 

 the fane of Padma nabha-svami, which had gone to decay. 

 From his great age he was termed kilava-murtL 



