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I.—Chola Mahatmya. Paper. This ami the works ensuing profess to record the hisiorv nf the Princes of Ckola, an important divi- sion of (he Peninsula, from which the Eastern Coast appears to derive its appellation^ Coromandel, Chah, or Chora-mandaL It seems to have been known to the ancients as the Regio Sons and R. Sonfanum. According to local designations^ the Chola country is bounded on the east by the Sea, on iho south by the Vellar River, by the Kutakeri o the west» and Koitudfu or Pennar on the north. Tiiia would indutte the whole of the coontry known Av^ the Camatic below the Ghats, and excludes the moi'e »oat))ern countries which are <miinarily sop* yitvj^^d to W signified by Ckolu or Tamjore. It U[i|HH»^. however, that the Hants of the kingdom vautHl at uiflerent periods^ and in the time of iHt^^m^^ AnU vras the capital— at m kler date