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(10.) The " Pattanam," which was so frequent on the shore of 



Palk's Bay to the south of Point Calimere 

 Coast names. ^ ■ . 



(Kallimeg) has given way to Pattanacheri 



and Pattacheri or Pattichgri, which is a very common name for a 

 village on the coast of the Kaveri delta for 40 or 50 miles to the 

 north of Kallimed. On the north of the Kolladam the com- 

 monest name for a fishing village on the coast is -kuppam, 

 which again is succeeded north of the Palar by pakkam. 



IV. — Particular Names. 



(11.) Names of historic interest or remarkable proper names 

 that occur also in other places, besides those under former head- 

 ings are : Budaltir and Biidanur (otherwise Putalur and Puta- 

 nur), Cholapuram, Kangaiyan, Korkkai, Mannargudi, Musiri, 

 Orattur, Oriyur (or tjraiyur), Perambur, Shoranur, Talakad, 

 Tirupattur, Tiruvellur, Tuvarankurichi and Vellur. 



(12.) A score or two of proper names given below were 

 Dynastic proper found which appear to be those of ruling 

 names - princes, mostly Ohola names, but a few 



Pandiyan, Nayakkan and others occur: — 



Achuthapuram (Nayakkan), AdivTraramapattanam, Ananda- 

 Kaveri, Cholanpettai, Cholapuram, Chola Sudamaniyar, Divu- 

 kottai (for Dlvikottai) , Gangaikonda, Gopalasamudram, Gopa- 

 rajapuram, Harischandranadi, Jayankondacholapuram, Kadu- 

 vetti, Kalyanapuram, Kannanar, Kirttiman, Kodamurtti, 

 Kolluvanaru, Koiigarayan (? Oholan), Kuttanaru, Mannan- 

 kondanar, Mannargudi, Mudikondanar, Narasingampettai, 

 Narayanvaykkal (Oholan), Panduvaiyaru, Perumpandi, Pillai- 

 vaykkal, Ponaikondan, Eaghunatha Kaveri, Eaja Gopalpuram, 

 Eajendra, Eanganathapuram, Earamuttiraikottai, Sevaganar, 

 Solavanar, Tirumalairajan, Tirumalasamudram, Tirumala- 

 vasal, Vennar, Vikramanar, Vinayakkan, Viramangalam, 

 Yirasolanar, Yadaiyar, Yadavagudi, Yanathangudi. 

 (13.) Orattur (pronounced Oratthuru) is found repeatedly in this 



Identification of an( ^ ^ e a( ^j acen * districts, and may represent 

 ancient and modern the " Orthura" of ancient geographers, for 

 which Colonel Yule's Map of Ancient India 



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