[41] Ind. Ant. VIII, 1879.

[42] Ind. Ant. XX, 1891.

[43] Monograph Eth. Survey of Cochin, No. 12, 1907.

[44] Madras Museum Bull. III, 3, 1901.

[45] Rev. J. Cain, Ind. Ant., VIII, 1879.

[46] Madras Census Report, 1891, and Manual of the North Arcot District.

[47] Madras Journal of Literature and Science, 188–788, p. 134, where the etymology of the name Vellāla is fully discussed.

[48] Section III. Inhabitants, Government Press, Madras, 1907.

[49] Thondai-nandalap-paddiyam.

[50] The zamindars of Cheyur, Chunampet, etc., in the Chingleput district.