[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.