Description
The author has been prepared the text of this book painstakingly to know the details about the villages, taluks and districts of the Madras Presidency. He reveals that his paramount motive is to know the cultural heritage that includes customs and tradition. It is devoted to the customs and manners of the inhabitants and to the geographical and natural features of the land. A Gazetteer of place names of village under the presidency of Madras. The Madras Presidency was a province of British India comprising most of the present day Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh along with a few districts and taluks of Karnataka, Kerala and Orissa. The districts that are mentioned areAnantapur, Arcot, Bellary, Chingleput, Chittor, Coimbatore, Cuddapah, Ganjam, Godavari, Guntur, South Kanara, Kistna, Nilgiri Ramnad, Salem, Tanjore. The book is the product of extensive study of these areas. The subject of the book is illuminating and delicate. There is no statement in the book to which exception may justly be taken. Though the book is a rare one, it may be recognized even by those who dissent from the author?s views.
