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0430 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
マルコ=ポーロ卿の記録 : vol.2
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 / 430 ページ(カラー画像)

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doi: 10.20676/00000269
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Kayal, during the period of its greatness, was ruled by a king. This king is some-
times spoken of as one of 'the Five Kings' who reigned in various parts of
Tinnevelly, but whether he was independent of the King of Madura, or only a
viceroy, the people cannot now say. . . . . The tradition of the people of Kayal
is that . . . . Sûr-Raja was the name of the last king of the place. They state
that this last king was a Mahommedan, . . . . but though Sûr-Raja does not
sound like the name of a Mahommedan prince, they all agree in asserting that this
was his name. . . . . Can this Sûr be the person whom Marco calls Asciar?
Probably not, as Asciar seems to have been a Hindu by religion. I have discovered
what appears to be a more probable identification in the name of a prince mentioned
in an inscription on the walls of a temple at Sri-Vaikuntham, a town on the
Tamraparni R., about 20 miles from Kayal. In the inscription in question a dona-
tion to the temple is recorded as having been given in the time of 'Asadia-deva called
also Surya-deva.' This name 'Asadia' is neither Sanskrit nor Tamil; and as the
hard d is often changed into r, Marco's Ashar may have been an attempt to render
this Asad. If this Asadia or Surya-deva were really Sundara-pandi-deva's brother,
he must have ruled over a narrow range of country, probably over Kayal alone,
whilst his more eminent brother was alive; for there is an inscription on the walls of
a temple at Sindamangalam, a place only a few miles from Kayal, which records a
donation made to the place 'in the reign of Sundara-pandi-deva.'" *