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C 95 ] who was set aside was called PaM-M&nur who on ano«  ther Parumal being appointed in his Room went to Mekka* Therefore the Bouddmar say that Charuman- Parumal went to Mekkam and not to Stvergam (Paradise)'That was not Char toman Parumdl but the Kerala-R&ja. for after Four Parumdls had ruled — the Fifth Raja, named Char umanPar urn dl ruled. 12 1. After the Kirala Raja who went to Mekka, Kula-Sekha ra-Parumdl ruled, who at the end of his Reign went in his Mortal Body to Stvergam (Heaven) * (End of the first part of the Kerala Utpatti.) II. — Kerala Krishi Palm leaves. An account of the cultivation of the lands in Ma* la bar from the Kerala Utpatti. III. — Kalikota Kerala Utpatti. Palm leaves. Account of (he foundation of Kalikota or Calieut which took place in about the ninth century ; after the partition of Malabar amongst a number of petty princes, consequent on the conversion of the pa- ramount sovereign to Mohammedanism. IV. — Kolatunad Purvot taram. Palm leaves. An account of the Rajas who ruled over the Kolatu Nad or division of Malabar. n i m m

  • The adoption of the Mohammedan faith by a R*<«ji of Malabar

psaid to have happened A. D. 345. but of course it must have been posterior to the seventh century or the commencement of the Hijra^