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¹ Wilks, *The Sketches*, I, p. 20 (1810); I, p. 13 (1869). ² Taylor, *O.H. MSS.*, II, p. 94. ³ Nelson, *Madura Country*, p. 176. ⁴ Rice, *My. Gaz.*, I, p. 471 (1st ed.); p. 578 (Rev. ed.). These words of Rice seems to have guided the Rev. Heras, who writes almost an identical comment on the revenue administration of the two rulers. *Aravidu* pp. 40-1. Rev. Heras also writes about Veṅkaṭa II, thus: "As to the internal welfare of the country, the twenty-nine years of Venkata's reign were years of prosperity and comparative peace". *Ibid.*, p. 511.