1 Manual of the Madura district.
2 Madras Census Report, 1891.
3 Manual of the Madura district.
4 Madras Census Report, 1901.
5 Malabar Quart. Review, II, 1903.
6 Madras Mail, 1904.
7 Classified Collection of Tamil proverbs, 1897.
8 The Īdigas are said to have been formerly employed as soldiers under the Poligars.
9 J. S. F. Mackenzie, Ind. Ant., IV, 1875.
10 Madras Census Report, 1901.
11 Malabar Law and Custom.
12 Criminal Tribes of India, No. III, Madras, 1907.
13 Primitive Tribes of the Nīlgiris.
14 Description of a singular Aboriginal Race inhabiting the Neilgherry Hills, 1832.
15 A. W. Lushington, Indian Forester, 1902.
16 Agricultural Ledger Series, 1904.
17 Ind. VI, 1877.
18 Oriental Manuscripts.
19 Manual of the North Arcot district.
20 Gazetteer of the South Arcot district.
21 Manual of the Nellore district.
22 Letters from Malabar.
23 Voyage to the East Indies. Translation, 1800.
24 Monograph Ethnograph: Survey of Cochin, No. 10, Izhavas, 1905.
25 Chuckrams and puthans are coins.
26 Wide World Magazine, September 1899.
27 Native Life in Travancore, 1883.