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Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts. 



[Oct. 



Manuscript book, No. 65— Countermark 862. 



The contents of this small quarto are four reports or journals, of Na- 

 rdyan Rao in his journeys through the Ceded Districts, in the consecutive 

 years 1810, 1811, and 1812. 



Subject to a general remark heretofore made on this class of docu- 

 ments, it only remains to note that this book, though slightly injured by 

 book-worms, is written with indelible ink, on good country paper, and 

 as a whole, is in moderately good preservation. 



Manuscript book, No. 62—Countermark 752. 



General account of the Carnatic, with the models of former rules co- 

 pied from ancient records. 



The earlier portion of the contents of this book relates to inams, 

 (grants) or jaghires (estates) bestowed by the Padshahs, or Mahome- 

 dan rulers, on different fanes, persons, or special places. 



After about thirty loosely written pages of the said matter, a document 

 follows unexpectedly, which is of a historical kiifd. It commences 

 with J anamejaya ; and after the mention of a few of his des- 

 cendants, passes to the line of Jarasandha, noticing several of the 

 more remarkable events, and persons, of the Magadha kingdom. 

 Its transit is then to Pratdpa rudra, and it very erroneously makes 

 *' Bhojaraja of Ougein" to be one of his descendants. Passing to 

 the Vijoyanagarum dynasty it dates the foundation of that town 

 by Fidyaranya, in the 9th century of Salivahana, which is proba- 

 bly too early. It bas most of the usual particulars concerning the 

 Rayer dynasty, down to the confederation of the Mahomedans against 

 Rama raju. It then details some proceedings of Mahomedan rulers, as 

 far as to Alemguir, who employed and distinguished Sahu raja of 

 the Mahrattas. Concerning these, there are some rather full details; 

 and then a transition to the Mysore kings; the usurpation of Hyder; 

 and the final subjugation of Tippoo by the English. This part of 

 the book is in very good preservation. 



The following contents aie rules and regulations concerning culti- 

 vation, taxes, and tbe like as fixed by Crishna Raja, Udiyar after his 

 restoration to the kingdom of his ancestors, being assisted by Purnaya 

 his minister. These rules were deduced after an investigation into 

 early records, antecedent to the Mahomedan usurpation. 



Remark. — It may thus appear that this document is not without 

 some interest and value j though slenderly so in any historical point 



