The Historical Inscriptions of Southern India (Collected Till 1923) and Outlines of Political History

Sewell published the first volum(a of the Lists of Antiquarian Reinains'.in the adras Presidency under the orders of the Governmett of Madritts issued in the January of th% year 1881 He had already published two works A Report on the Amaravati Stuoa ' and A Chronological History of South India' in the years 1880-81 On the subject 4o justify the Government's choice of him for this first work o [...] ABBREVIATIONS References given in the form 355 of 1912 ' = the number of the inscription noted in the Animal Reports of the Epigraphical Department of the Archaeological Survey Southern Circle. [...] nAlrality the general objects held in view are the maintenance of law and order the punishinent of the wicked and the protetion oithe peaceable citizen ' (pp.137 138).—%ditor 26 HISTORICAL INSCRIPTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIA great and small to hand over to the Government Treasury three-quarters 4f the produce of the land keeping only one1uarter for the maintenance of themselves and their famili [...] He recognized as sovereigns in their own lands the Andhra Kings of the Telugu country the Chdla PacAlya rulers of the Tantils the King of the It erala coast and the King of Ceylon. [...] He tells us of the port of Muziris in Malabar (Muyirikodu); of the Keralaputra king of that country ; of the Cheras ; of how the seas werg infested by pirates ; of Cochin ; of the Pändya king and his capital Madura.