1 Gazetteer of the South Arcot District.
2 Gazetteer of the South Arcot district.
3 Madras Census Report, 1891.
4 The Rangāris are Marātha dyers and tailors.
5 Ind. Ant., VII, 1878.
6 Our Viceregal Life in India, 1884–88.
7 Loc. cit.
8 Ind. Ant., II, 1874.
9 The word Genoa occurs on several blades in the Madras Museum collection.
10 The bas-relief of the statue of Lord Cornwallis in the Connemara Public library, Madras, represents him receiving Tipu’s two youthful sons as hostages.
11 Brāhmanism and Hinduism.
12 Gazetteer of the Bellary district.
13 Madras Census Report, 1891.
14 Madras Review, 1899.
15 F. Fawcett. Journ. Anthrop. Inst., XXXIII, 1903.
16 F. Fawcett, loc. cit.
17 Madras Journ. Lit. Science, 1890.
18 Sketch of the Dynasties of South India.
19 Numismata Orient. Ancient Coins and Measures of Ceylon.
20 Kalith-thokai.
21 Kanakasabhai Pillai. The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years ago. 1904.
22 Manual of the Tinnevelly district, 1879.
23 Madras Census Report, 1901.
24 Notes on Criminal Classes of the Madras Presidency.
25 Tinnevelly, being an account of the district, the people, and the missions. Mission Field, 1897.
26 Madras Journ. Lit. Science, IV, 1836.
27 Journ. Anthrop. Inst., XXXIII, 1903.
28 F. Fawcett, loc. cit.
29 Madras Journ. Lit. Science, IV, 1836.
30 Madras Journ. Lit. Science, IV, 1836.
31 Manual of the Madura district.
32 Madras Journ. Lit, Science, XXV.
33 Ind. Ant., VIII, 1879.
34 Madras Census Report, 1891.
35 Manual of the North Arcot district.
36 G. Richter. Manual of Coorg.
37 Madras Museum Bull., V, 3, 1907.
38 For portions of this article I am indebted to a note by Mr. J. D. Samuel.
39 Hobson-Jobson.
40 Gazetteer of the Tanjore district.
41 Malabar Law and Custom.
42 Madras Museum Bull. III, 3, 1901.
43 Hobson-Jobson.
44 Sea Fisheries of India.
45 Journey from Madras through Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, 1807.
46 Manual of the North Arcot district.
47 Section III, Inhabitants, Government Press, Madras, 1907.
48 East India Gazette.
49 Hindu Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies Ed., 1897.
50 History of Mysore.
51 Ind. Antiquary, II, 1873.
52 Mysore.
53 Manual of the South Canara district.
54 Journey through Mysore, etc.
55 Monograph of Tanning and Working in Leather, Madras, 1904.
56 G. D. Iyah Pillay, Madras, 1878.
57 Notes on Criminal Classes of the Madras Presidency.
58 Manual of the North Arcot district.
59 Manual of the Coimbatore district.
60 Madras Journ. Lit. Science, I, 1833.
61 Agricult: Ledger Series, Calcutta, No. 7, 1904.
62 Journey through Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, 1807.
63 A New Account of the East Indies, 1744.
64 I am informed that the Mukkuvans claim to be a caste distinct from the Arayans.
65 For further details concerning the fisheries and fish-curing operations of the West Coast, see Thurston, Madras Museum Bull. III, 2, 1900.
66 Spelt Pusler in a recent educational report.
67 Madras Museum Bull., III, 3, 1901.
68 Madras Census Report, 1891.
69 Manual of the North Arcot district.
70 Manual of the North Arcot district.
71 Madras Census Report, 1901.