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A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
Trimxila
Nayaka.
CHAPTER known to this class of men alone. The Batta, or money paid to the
yJ^Lj Shrof for exchanging a Sultany Pagoda into Fanams, is 2 Dudus,
July 25, &c. or nearly 0,9 per cent, and by those who have lived in Bengal
must be considered as very moderate. Besides, the Shrof values
the Fanam at TfT part less than the Niruc does; yet the value put
on it by the officer is less than its intrinsic worth; for the regula-
tion Avhich he has made fixes its value at TTT of a Sultany Pagoda ;
and 12,913 Fanams contain as much pure gold, as the Sultany Pa-
goda. In all calculations I shall use the Seringapatam rate of ex-
change, and take the Fanam at T\ of a Pagoda. The Company's
Rupee passes here for 56 Dudus, and the Sultany for 59^; whereas
the real proportion is 56 to 56±.
The first day that I passed here was very disagreeable ; as I detected
the people lying to me in the grossest manner; and on account of
the Amildar's connections, the messenger who accompanied me was
afraid to speak. I at length met with an acting Gauda, or renter
of some villages, named Primula Nayaka, from whom I received the
intelligence which I consider as the most accurate that I procured
during my whole journey. Primula Nayaka is the family name of
the Madura Rajas, and in fact my new acquaintance was of that
house. His ancestor wTas a brother of the then reigning prince,
who, in a dispute, was savage enough to threaten the life of so near
a relation. The younger brother in this necessity was forced to
emigrate, and came to this country, where many other Polygars of
Telinga extraction then lived ; for it must be observed, that the
last race of Madura Rajas were of Telinga descent; and were Poly-
gars, who assumed independence on the overthrow of their sove-
reign, the king of Vijaya-nagara.
The cultivated lands in this country, defined, as before, as ex-
tending from Nandi to Penu-conda, and from Chica Bala-pura to
Madhu-giri, are as usual divided into two kinds: Nirarumba, or
watered-lands ; and Pyrarumba, or dry-field.
The watered-land here includes all the grounds called Tota, or
Division of
lands.
or
irarumba,
watered-
J ands.
A JOURNEY FROM MADRAS THROUGH
Trimxila
Nayaka.
CHAPTER known to this class of men alone. The Batta, or money paid to the
yJ^Lj Shrof for exchanging a Sultany Pagoda into Fanams, is 2 Dudus,
July 25, &c. or nearly 0,9 per cent, and by those who have lived in Bengal
must be considered as very moderate. Besides, the Shrof values
the Fanam at TfT part less than the Niruc does; yet the value put
on it by the officer is less than its intrinsic worth; for the regula-
tion Avhich he has made fixes its value at TTT of a Sultany Pagoda ;
and 12,913 Fanams contain as much pure gold, as the Sultany Pa-
goda. In all calculations I shall use the Seringapatam rate of ex-
change, and take the Fanam at T\ of a Pagoda. The Company's
Rupee passes here for 56 Dudus, and the Sultany for 59^; whereas
the real proportion is 56 to 56±.
The first day that I passed here was very disagreeable ; as I detected
the people lying to me in the grossest manner; and on account of
the Amildar's connections, the messenger who accompanied me was
afraid to speak. I at length met with an acting Gauda, or renter
of some villages, named Primula Nayaka, from whom I received the
intelligence which I consider as the most accurate that I procured
during my whole journey. Primula Nayaka is the family name of
the Madura Rajas, and in fact my new acquaintance was of that
house. His ancestor wTas a brother of the then reigning prince,
who, in a dispute, was savage enough to threaten the life of so near
a relation. The younger brother in this necessity was forced to
emigrate, and came to this country, where many other Polygars of
Telinga extraction then lived ; for it must be observed, that the
last race of Madura Rajas were of Telinga descent; and were Poly-
gars, who assumed independence on the overthrow of their sove-
reign, the king of Vijaya-nagara.
The cultivated lands in this country, defined, as before, as ex-
tending from Nandi to Penu-conda, and from Chica Bala-pura to
Madhu-giri, are as usual divided into two kinds: Nirarumba, or
watered-lands ; and Pyrarumba, or dry-field.
The watered-land here includes all the grounds called Tota, or
Division of
lands.
or
irarumba,
watered-
J ands.