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SETHUPATI COINS. 
the time of tHe Nayakkas, distinctly speak of a change in 
the religion of that line. The Sethupatis had been restored 
by the Nayakkas, and were feudatories of theirs, and it 
seems natural to suppose that the Sethupati change must 
have occurred somewhere about the same time. That the 
religion of the Sethupatis at the time when our coins were 
struck was Sivaism and not Yishnuvism is unquestionable. 
(3) It would be interesting to know the geographical 
extent of the country over which the Sethupati held sway, but 
the data furnished by the coins are quite insuflG.eient for 
forming any very definite conclusion on this point. Their 
coins have been found occasionally as far north as Tanjore ; 
in considerable numbers in and about Madura ; and more or 
less in Tinnevelly as far south as Tuticorin and old Kayal, 
so that, speaking in a general way, probably these were about 
the limits of the Marava power when at its highest ; more 
definite conclusions however are not warranted at present. 
Madras : Printed bt the Superintendent, Govt. Press. 
