[204] Forest Inspection Report, 1896.

[205] Gazetteer of the Bellary district.

[206] Gazetteer of the Vizagapatam district.

[207] F. S. Mullaly. Op. cit.

[208] Madras Journ. Lit. Science, XVII, 1853.

[209] History of Railway Thieves. Madras, 1904.

[210] Madras Census Report, 1901.

[211] Gazetteer of the Trichinopoly district.

[212] This story is based on well-known episode of Nalacharitra in the Āranya Parva of the Mahabharatha.

[213] M. Paupa Rao Naidu. Op. cit.