Excerpt from The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1846, Vol. 8 The translation of this document in the volume of mss. At the India House, is preceded by an introductory note, and an analysis of the first part relating to the Chera desa to these no name is attached, but they are evidently the work of an European. The introductory matter supplies some valuable geographical information, which has Men incorporated into the following observations upon that subject. We will now give the abstract of the memoir, reserving further comment for the inquiry which will follow it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.