A History of the Mahrattas v1.c7.7

v1.c7.7

² Malabar, Toolava, and Gohurasht, three divisions of the Malabar coast, though not expressly comprised in the limits of Drawed and Carnatic, are, from the similarity of their languages, considered as attached to these divisions respectively ; viz. Malabar or Kerala to Drawed, and Toolava and Gohurasht to Carnatic. [Gohurasht is properly Govarāshtra, an old name of the S. Konkan, from which Goa derives its name. Tulava (Toolava) is the tract on the western coast in which Tulu is spoken. The Tamil land of early ages was much more extensive than the area in which Tamil is now spoken It included the Kanarese, Malayālam, and Tulu-speaking countries.]