[54] Madras Census Report, 1891.
[55] Madras Mail, 1908.
[56] Ind. Ant., III., 1874.
[57] A lakh = a hundred thousand.
[58] Compare the theft of Laban’s teraphim by Rachel. Genesis, XXXI, 19.
[59] Gazetteer of the Tanjore district.
[60] Madras Census Report, 1891.
[61] Madras Census Report, 1901.
[62] Manual of the North Arcot district.
[63] Ind. Ant., VIII, 1879.