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^Yeh ; how they acquired different Titles when and by whom this Mattham had been established, how many •disciples of this Matham and what Rajas had com- posed Grunt hums. After I had copied these Books I returned the original to the Sanj/asi, who then told me that he was the Chief or High Priest of all the Lingam Kati and Kurambers f
- &c. that are in the country from Ramnad to Benaras^
lie was able to get for me a particular account of tiie for- ty-eight Chola Rajas and sixty-four Partdia Rajas and urambers, with their dates ; together with the Matst/a^ ^urma^ Varaha aiid other gold Coins for 2 or 3000 years back ; upon which I desired him toget me the afore- said accounts, &c. he promised that he would prepare the greatest part of them very soon, and send them to .Madras, by his Kaj/est ha (or head Manager) : after making this promise, he told me, that he maintained himself by an annual contribution levied on his followers from seve- ral years : after the Hon'bie Company have sequesieied the Country, many of them are still obedient, ami pay the allowance, but some are refractory, and decline giving the customary allowances, and'at'times, if he attempts to pu- nish them according to their religion, they threaten that they will complain against him to the Judge of the Zillah^ who will in that case send for both, and make them stand equal without regarding* the quality of the Priest, and enquiring the matter : for fear of this dishonour, he takes no notice of the refractory conduct of his Disciples : he therefore wishes to have some document from the Hon*- bie Company authorizing him to receive the annual al- lowance from his Disciples. As the Kurambers that ruled in Tondir Mandalam and other places were all his Disciples, he promised to procured rac a particular ac- count of them with dates within a month, together with pome Gold Coins. 12th. — From thence I went to the Village of Chola Maukga } three miles West, where Karical Solen. JManu Alenda Solen. JManuneta Solen. Jtlaparamda Solen. j and Kavcri Karaconda Solen. Carur Solen* Klottunga Solen* Jembagi Solen. Virya Vadanga Solen*
