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true historical' reconstruction. As it is, the information available on the subject of these “ Studies ” is sketchy and meagre and I have done my best to whet the desire of scholars for further research on this and kindred topics.
I have to thank my brother Mr. M. Si Sundara Rajan of the Income-tax Office, Madras, for invaluable help rendered in preparing the yolume for the press. MAHARAJA COLLEGE,
VIZIANAGRAM, August 1922.
AMASWAMI,