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herein said to brave been long childless, and at length to have had a legi- 

 timate son vehom he established in a separate palace. A vision of the 

 god is introduced as appearing to the Chacraverti who first ruled the 

 Tonda-mandalam (i. e. Adondai, name herein not menlioned) directing 

 him to a certain place, whence he was to invite and introduce the Go- 

 Brahmans, and he did so. He went on a pilgrimage to Sri-suilam ; 

 and died soon after his return. 



The document then adverts to Sri-rangha-yddava-rayalu, and after 

 him to Fira-ndrdyana-rayalu, Deva-rctyalu, and others, as rulers of great 

 power; the whole being 18 in number (the /layer dynasty). The 

 Gobiir people, from the north, are next said to have come, and acquired 

 power. Afterwards the Mahomedans from Hastind-puri, or Delhi, 

 fought wiih the Gobiir people, conquered them, and extended their do- 

 minion over the Dacshin, or south country. 



Remark. — This document is complete, and has escaped destruction, 

 by having a large outer margin, partly destroyed, but leaving the writ- 

 ing within only slightly injured. The paper varies, at the outset, from 

 Tamil documents, concerning Adondai ; but agrees in the general out- 

 line. The pilgrimage of Adondai to Sri-Sailam has not before appear- 

 ed, in previous documents. The mention of the Gobiir people seemed 

 to point to the Mahratt as ; and, on enquiry, I am told, that there is a 

 class of Mahrattas, at Poonah, who bear that appellation. 



Note. — As the document, though now recoverable, would very soon 

 cease to be so : and as it has some value, taken in comparison with 

 other papers, I have had it restored. 



Section 5. Chronological account of the former rajas with dates, &c. 



This document is a collection of matters gathered from the Purdnas, 

 of the Vaishnava kind ; but put together very much at random, and 

 making the site of all early transactions to be Ougein, which we other- 

 wise know to have arisen from obscurity, only towards the decline of 

 the Mdgadha kingdom. There are, I think, gleanings to be gathered, 

 concerning times subsequent to Ficramuditya ; but the authority of the 

 document seems to me very low, and the writer, at the close, says he 

 had gathered the materials from old books, to the best of his ability. 

 The writing is very legible ; but the paper much injured by insects. 

 On the whole it has seemed expedient to rescue it from destruction, by 

 re-copying it ; leaving its measure of value, as an authority, to be ad- 

 justed at some other time. 



