A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.186

v1.c7.186

One surmise in support of the antiquity of Deshmookhs and Dessaees is that the Ceylon Dessauvas [Disāvas]. I do not offer it as a conjecture of their having originated in that island ; but any Bramin in Maharashtra, can tell, that Himadh Punt, the famous physician who cured Bibeshun the brother of Rawun, introduced the art of writing the Morh [Modi] character, and several other hints useful to his countrymen, from the Rakshush [Rākshasas], or Demons of Lunka [Lanka, i.e. Ceylon].