1839.] 



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of view, as we possess all that it contains in other and perhaps better 

 documents. The whole of the writing is with indelible ink, on good 

 Europe paper, entirely uninjured. 



Manuscript book, No. 4— Countermark 888. 



Sections 1 to 3. See the preceding Canarese portion of this report 



Section 4. Account of Sonda, the capital of the Sonda country. 

 This account ascends up to the time of a descendant of Acasa 

 raja, of the Tondaman line at Chandragiri ; who, in defect of posterity, 

 is stated to have adopted Fencatapati nayak of the race of Achyuta 

 rayer ; and there seems to be an intimation, though the passage is ob- 

 scure, that the said race were descendants of a more ancient dynasty at 

 Sonda. The Tondaman, having a son born to him, dismissed the aforesaid 

 Vencatapati nayak with some money and troops to make his own way; 

 and he succeeded in fixing himself at Sirisi ; having previously con- 

 quered Chennapatnam, and a small district around it, by the way. He 

 took Sirisi ; afterwards, built a town and fort there; to which he gave 

 the name of Chennapatnam. He farther assaulted a neighbouring 

 fort belonging to a Vedar chief, which he could not take; but effected 

 its appropriation, by giving his daughter in marriage to the Vedar chief- 

 tain. He began to reign in the town of Chennapatnam, which he had 

 built; being crowned there in Sal. Sac. 1121 (A. D. 1198). His des- 

 cendants, rulers at Chennapatnam were, 



1 Rama raja. Arasapa nayak. 



Rama Chandra raja. Rama Chandra. 



Vakta vadiyaru. Arasapa nayak. 



Arasapa Vadiyaru. 9 Raghu nat'ha nayak. 



5 Rama Chandra nayak. 

 Subsequently the Mahomedans in the time of Vencapatinayak, con- 

 quered the country. The son of that chief was named Sada siva nayak ; 

 a favourable report of whose capacity reaching Delhi, that Court placed 

 Sada siva nayak, as their manager, in charge of the courH j. Various 

 alternations occurred dovvr to the time of Hyder Ali ; who assumed the 

 country after having ni'iaged it. Passing through the hands of Tippu 

 Sultan, it came into possession of the Honourable Company. 



Remark. — This document seems to be of some slight local impor- 

 tance. 



Section 5. See preceding Canarese portion of this report. 



