4 



Trcmslation of the 



[No. S^, 



some discrepancies in the Manuscript ; because the bounds of 

 the Congu and Carnataca-desas are made to run into each 

 other ; and because sometimes the term Car nataca- Congu- 

 desa occurs : implying Congu to be a conquered and subor- 

 dinate portion of Carnata, as it probably was during the 

 Oyisdla dynasty of Velldlas. 



With these few and brief indices, the translation of the 

 Manuscript — in a somewhat homely, and not idiomatic, style 

 —is commended to the attention of the reader : not for the 

 elegance of the manner ; but for the possible importance 

 of the matter, which it will be found to contain. 

 Madras, \ 

 PurseivauJiiim, > ^ 



April, 1846. ) 



CONGU-DESA-RAJAKAL. 



The Dynasty of Sri- Vira-raya Chaeravertiy and of Govinda- 

 ray a. 



1 Vir a ra 'a history of Kings in the Cali-yuga the first 



name inscribed is that of Vira-raya Chacraverti of 

 the Retti^ tribe, who ruled in the town of Scanda\ in the Congu 

 country. He was installed in the throne of the Congu-desam and, 

 being anointed wore the crown ; and, enjoying all manner of pros- 

 perity, he ruled with equity and justice, and so protected the coun- 

 try. 



« ^ . , Govinda-rdya of the solar line, bein? crowned 



2. Govmda-raya. , , . « , . ^ , 



ruled m ocanda-pura, m Congu-aesaniy with a splen- 

 dour exceeding that of his father Vira-raya Chacraverti: and, being 

 of illustrious fame, there was no king equal to him. 



3 Crishna ra a Crishna-rdya being crowned in Scanda-pura of 



Congu-desa ; and searching the Nili Sastra more, 

 he reigned with greater equity and justice than his father Gavin- 



* The Retti, or Reddy caste, is a tribe of cultivators of the soil. The Vencata-giri 

 chiefs came from that tribe. It is usually considered a northern tribe. In Canarese and 

 in Telugu the term corresponds with Vallala in the Tamil language, 



t The exact locality of acanda-purara is of consequence. It cannot be determined 

 by the M. S. altfue. 



