Commentary page 1

Commentary page 2

Commentary page 2

Commentary page 4

Commentary page 5

Commentary page 6

Commentary page 7

Commentary page 8

Commentary page 9

Commentary page 10

Book profile

Preface

1. The country— descriptive

2. The people and their classification

3. The pulayars

4. Vedar

5. Kuravars

6. The hill tribes

7. Pariahs

8. Ilavars

9. Shanars

10. Potters

11. Pandarams

12. Malayalam sudras

13. The royal family

14. Namburi Brahmans

15. Muhammadans

16. The Syrian Christians

17. Nepotism

18. The Kudumi, or Hindu tuft of hair

19. Female life

20. Agriculture

21. Coffee cultivation

22. Cotton manufacture

23. Cocoanut fibre and manufactures

24. Boats and fishing

25. Indian music

26. Musical instruments

27. Distillation and excise

28. Political and social condition in former times

29. Slavery

30. Christian work among the slave castes

31. Serpent worship

32. Hindu caste and pollution

33. Recent measures of reform

34. Further reforms needed

35. History of Travancore

36. Educated natives

37. Mission work

38. Appendix - Indian tunes

39. Glossary