It has been already said, that in former times the kingdom of _Tanjaur_ was dependent on that of _Madura_. The princes who were subordinate, and obliged to pay tribute to that of the latter, were called _Nayaga_, that is, lords; and not _Rajah_, or kings. In the ancient classical writers they are seldom mentioned, and at later periods all intercourse between Europe and India was interrupted by the incursion of the barbarians, so that scarcely any traces of them are to be found. The relation of the two Arabian travellers of the ninth century, a translation of which has been given by Renaudot, is exceedingly dry and barren; for these travellers speak only of such princes in India as received them with friendship, and of places where they were kindly entertained by their countrymen the Arabs. The most authentic information now extant, respecting the kingdom of _Tanjaur_ and its sovereigns, has been collected by Anquetil du Perron in the first part of his _Recherques historiques_, &c. often already mentioned, under the following head: _Suite chronologique des rois Marates du Tanjour commençant à Ekogi (Egavàgi), l’an 1471 de l’ere Chretienne jusqu’a Toullason Rajah en 1783; accompagnée de détails sur les principaux rois de la presqu’ile de l’Inde depuis la fin du 15 siecle_. In the year 1360 _Tanjaur_ was under the government of king _Prabudhadeven_, which signifies the attentive, careful god; from _Prabudha_, attentive, careful; and _Deven_, a god. People who were ignorant of the Indian languages corrupted this word, and made of it _Parabudeideven_. After him, an officer of the king of _Bisnagari_, or _Narasinha_, called the Emperor of the Coast of Coromandel, was raised to that dignity. This kingdom fell afterwards into the power of some Maratta princes, who retained it till the year 1773, when the nabob of Arcate, _Mohamed Aly_, an Arabian prince, was forcibly put in possession of it by the English, in whose hands it remains at this day[37].