South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c8.19

c8.19

¹ ‘Lambakannadhuram’ the office is called. This could only mean the chiefship of the Lambakannas. This term means those that have pendent-ear-lobes, and seems to refer to the Nāṭṭukoṭṭai chetties who claim a right to a similar high function at the courts of Tamil kings.