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Mysore Gazetteer Compiled for Government Historical

1930

In regard to spelling of place names the spelling authorised by the Government of His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore has been generally adopted the only change being the substituLdon of the mark of length (—) for the accent (') over long vowels. [...] (ii) Period of Consolidation.—To the death of Chikka Deva Raja Wodeyar in 1704 A. D. (iii) Period of Usurpation.—To the death of Tipu Sultan and the fall of Seringapatam in 1799 A. D. (iv) Period of Restoration.—To the assumption of the Government by the Mysore Commission in 1831 A. D. (v) Period of the Mysore Commission.—To the Rendition of the State to the Mysore Royal House in the person of Cha [...] The Kishkindha-kanda tells of Ranaa's pursuit of Ravana and his coming to Kishkindha the city of Sugriva the king of the apes who joined him as an ally in his expedition ; and the Sundara-kanda describes the march of their armies to Lanka which is identified with Ceylon and their crossing over the straits. [...] Many have believed that the story of the expdition of Rama and his army of apes to Lanka represents a movement of the Aryan invaders from the North towards the South ; and this is supported to some extent by Indian tradition which has located most of the places mentioned in the Reinidyana and in particular has"14 MYSORE GAZETTEER [CHAP. [...] In support of this one may point to the Iliad of Homer which has a somewhat similar theme the rape and recovery of Helen by the armies of the Achaans the basis of which is the historcal fact of an expedition against Troy and the destruction of that city.
government politics public policy
Pages
482
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i C. Rao view
Preface
1-xvii C. Rao view
Chapter I Sources and Periods of Mysore History
1-7 C. Rao view
Chapter II Pre-History and Proto-History of Mysore
8-43 C. Rao view
Chapter III Archeology of the Historical Period: Epigraphy
44-72 C. Rao view
Chapter IV Numismatics
73-129 C. Rao view
Chapter V Sculpture and Painting
130-342 C. Rao view
Chapter VI Architecture
343-390 C. Rao view
Chapter VII Other Allied Fine Arts
391-398 C. Rao view
Chapter VIII Palm-Leaf and other Mss
399-400 C. Rao view
Chapter IX Literature
401-453 C. Rao view
Chapter X Mysore in Modern Literature
454-460 C. Rao view