Volume 1

The Travancore state manual / by V. Nagam Aiya ... dewan Peishcar, Travancore.

  • Travancore (Princely State)
Date:
1906
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The Travancore state manual / by V. Nagam Aiya ... dewan Peishcar, Travancore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Gloriosa superha, 112—Chemparuthi, 112—Adakodien, 112—Thetti, 112— Kattumallika, 112—Kattujirakamulla, 112—Manimaruthu, 113—!Nedum- chetti, 113—Champaka, 113—Indian Cork tree, 113-—Vellila or Velli- madantai, 113—Lotus, 113—Sweet-scented Oleander, 113—Parijatakam or Pavazhamalli, 113—Alii, 113—Kaitha, 114—Venga, 114—Nandiya- vatta, 114. Concluding eemarks, 114. pp, 76—117. CHAPTEK IV. Fauna. Prefatory Note, page 118. General, 119. Mammals, 120. Birds, 125. Keptiles, 134. Fish, 136. Hymenoptera, 138. Diptera, 143. Lepidoptera, 143—Series I. Khopalocera, 143—Series II. Heterocera Moths, 147. CoLEOPTERA, 150. Neuroptera, 153. Orthoptera, 154. EhYNCHOTA, 157 ThYSANOPTERA AND ThYSANURA, 158. iNlYRIAPODA, 159. Arachnida, 159, Crustacea, 161. pp. 118—163, CHAPTEE V. Archeology. Introductory, page 164. Architecture, 165—Dravidian, 165— Jaina and Buddhistic, 165—Indigenous or Malabar, 165—Description of Sri Padmanabhaswami's temple at Trivandruui, 166. Sculpture, 169— Indigenous, 169—Buddhistic, 169—Jaina, 169—Brahminical, 170. Coins, 170—A. Indigenous, 170:—Gold Coins, 170; Silver Coins, 172; Copper- Coins, 173; Zinc Coins, 173—B. Foreign Coins, 174:—Early Bud- dhistic, 174; European, 174; South Indian, 174; Ceylon, 175. Inscrip- tions, 175—Tables showing the inscriptions arranged according to their age, 176—to the Taluqs in which they occur, 176—to their cliaracter, 177— to their language, 177—to the materials on wliich they are inscribed, 178— to their subject-matter, 178—to their donors, 179—to their donees, 179— Vattezhuttu, 180—Kolezhuttu, 181—Old Tamil, 181—Copies of inscrip- tions and translations :—Plate A., 182—Plate B., 183—Plate C., 185— Plate D., 185—Plate E., 187—The language of the inscriptions, 194— Their date, 194—Locality, 194—Value, 195—Subject-matter, 195. Forts AND military WORKS, 200—The Udayagiri Fort, 201—The Padmanabha- puramFort, 202—Vattakotta Fort, 203—List of Forts in Travancore, 204. Tombs and Monuments, 207. pp. 164—208.