The Travancore State Manual, Volume 1

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Travancore government Press, 1906 - Political science

Contents

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
1
SHAPE AND AREA 3 GENERAL FEATURES 4 MOUN
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Minachil River 18The Muvattupuzha River 18The Ranni or Pamba
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COAST LINE 26 PORTS AND SHIPPING FACILITIES 27Alleppey
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Vizhinjam 30Colachel 30Cadiapatnam point 30Manakudi
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KALA OR CUDDALORE SANDSTONE SERIES 37 MARINE BEDS
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BLOWN SANDS 44 CORAL REEFS 45 SOILS 46 SMOOTHWATER
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CLIMATE RAINFALL AND METEOROLOGY
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16071729
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RAVI VARMA 16201623 PROBABLY A COREGENT OF UNNI KERALA
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Nanjanad raids 323 UNNI KERALA VARMA 17181724 324Murder
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MODERN HISTORY
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surrection 334The Ettuvittil Pillamars 336Ministerial changes 338
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RAMA VARMA 17581798 page 369His personal character 369
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Relations with the Nawab of Arcot and the English 373The dispute
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waram 384Domestic Events 385Kesava Das 385The Popes
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80Malabar Blackwood 81Ebony 81Sandalwood 82Anjili
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Manjakadambu 86Ceylon Oak 86Manimaruthu 86Mango
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RESINS AND DYES 91 AVENUE TREES 92 CYCADS AND PALMS
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BAMBOOS AND REEDS 95 FIBROUS PLANTS 97 MEDICINAL TREES
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Karunochi 104Choratti 104Kazhanchi 104Narunindi 104Koda
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FLORA
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REPTILES 134 FISH 136 HYMENOPTERA 138 DIPTERA
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LEPIDOPTERA 143Series I Rhopalocera 143Series II Heterocera
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CHAPTER V
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Indigenous 169Buddhistic 169Jaina 169Brahminical 170 COINS
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Early Bud
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Vattezhuttu 180Kolezhuttu 181Old Tamil 181Copies of inscrip
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185Plate E 187The language of the inscriptions 194
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Their date 194Locality 194Value 195Subjectmatter 195 FORTS
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HISTORY
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Aryan colonisation of Keralam 214Introduction of trees and plants
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and the latter 221The story of his murder 221The rise of a new caste
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foreign king 224 The last of the Perumals 224General remarks
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THE ANTIQUITY OF KERALAM 229Mention of the Cholas Cheras
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SEC B EARLY HISTORY
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11001400 a D
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OF TRAVANCORE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE 12TH CENTURY A D 251
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SRI VIRA RAVI KERALA VARMA 1235 256The Manalikara Pro
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ADITYA VARMA TIRUVADI 1333 263 SRI VIRA RAMA UDAYA MARTANDA
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Odoric 270Ibn Batuta 132425 271His description of Quilon 271
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regent of Sri Vira Udaya Martanda Varma 300Sri Vira Ravi Ravi
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Aditya Varma c 1450 276Kulasekhara Nambirattiyar c 1468
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Factory and fort at Quilon 288Siege of the Quilon Fort 289 STATE
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The attitude of the Madras Government 396Tippu enters Travancore
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Treaty of Seringapatam 399Settlement of Malabar 400The expenses
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favourites 417Kesava Dass retirement and death 417Sankaran Nam
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Cochin affairs at the period 432Velu Tampis insurrection 433Velu
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Judicial 461 Revenue and Finance
462
dustries 465 Social 465Birth of the Princes 466Colonel Munro
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RAMA VARMA Swati Tirunal
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482Birth character and education 482The new Dewan 483Subba
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Military
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Reddy Row Dewan again 493The Maharajah leads a religious life 497
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MARTANDA VARMA Uttram Tirunal
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sion 504Early education and attainments 504Srinivasa Rows
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of Parvathi Bayi 511Administrative divisions 511A ttacks
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Krishna Row 521Madava Row appointed Dewan 523Visit of Lord
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Travancore 525Retirement and death of General Cullen 531Mr
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RAMA VARMA Ayilliam Tirunal
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Financial state of the country 539Fiscal reformsAbolition of
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Other reforms 544Subsequent progress 548Important political
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Rajah 553 Title of Maharajah 553 The Seringapatam medal 554
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Criminal jurisdiction over European British subjects 572
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Important political events 576The Imperial Durbar and the presenta
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Career of Sir A Sashiah Sastri K C S I 578Nanoo Pillai Dewan 585
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RAMA VARMA Visakham Tirunal
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HIS HIGHNESS SIR RAMA VARMA Mulam
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594TravancoreCochin boundary 597Chief political events 598
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s I 609T Rama Row Dewan 613Chief events
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Chief reforms 616Career of T Rama Row c I E 623S Shungra
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Chief events 636Progress 640Retirement of Mr K Krishnaswamy
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