South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c14.s1.72

c14.s1.72

(2) they agreed, in case the sending of a royal contingent be infeasible, to a levy on mass on hearing of any occurrence of decoity in the locality by the people of the neighbourhood, such as the Kāttūrkoṭṭai, a place I am not able to identify. The records state that the inhabitants of Arantāngi were their natural enemies. The record thus shows an arrangement come to by the people among themselves to provide for the necessary protection under countenance of the Government for the time being against disturbers of the peace.