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[ 66 ] l.—Jrikutthara Purvottara. Account of Aritcuttara, a town west of Sriranga* patam, where a fort was built by Deva Virabhadra JVaiArand was held by him under Krishna Raya, and by his descendants to the present day, of whom some account is given. II ~—Banijaguru Purvottaram. 2 copies, one incomplete. An account of the Banijagaru caste of Mysur— * who are by profession merchants and traders : ac- cording to the current notion they are either Sudras, or of a mixed caste, but they are here derived from the Vaisyas of Pennakonda who emigrated from their original seat upon the demand made by Vish* nuverddhana Raja for one of the maidens of the tribe — see vol. 1. page 316. III. — Balayamaru Vernanam. An account of the manufacture of glass rings ia Mysur. IV. — Battamaru Vernanam. An account of the manufacture of Cloth in Mysur. V, — Bagadikota Sthala Mdhatmya. Account of the foundation of the village of Ba- gadi kota and the construction of its fort, by Narasi Goud.