COMMENTARY 1

0. Book profile

1. Creation of a digital version

2. Cantankerous reasons

3. An unassuming talented historian

4. Observations

5. Slavery in the South-Asian peninsula

6. The peoples of Kerala

7. No mention of Mahabali

8. Classical case of history manipulation

9. How much does trade contribute?

10. Marthanda Varma - an anglophile

11. When slavery actually was liberation

12. Rama Varma

13. An antedating

14. Nayar pada (Nayar Brigade)

15. Kesavadasapuram

16. A fake history not mentioned

17. Bala Rama Varma

18. The tragic reign of Swati Tirunal

19. Trade and crude officials

20. The real reformers

21. The errors in social engineering

22. Repulsion for the word ‘Sudra’

23. What was happening in Malabar?

24. Place names

25. A propitious relationship and a gullibility

26. Christian missionaries

27. What a fool did

28. The Royal Family

29. General observations from this book

30. The current state of India

Travancore State Manual part 1

1. Preface

2. Physical Features

3. Geology

4. Climate, Rainfall and Meteorology

5. Flora

6. Fauna

7. Archæology

8. History

9. History - Ancient History

10. Early History - P 1 (up to 1100 A.D)

11. Early History - P 2 (1100— 1400 A.D.)

12. History - P 3 (1400-1600 A.D)

13. History - P 4 (1607—1729 A.D.)

COMMENTARY 2

1. Intro to Commentary 2

2. Naive, foolish and gullible English

3. Administrators from the English side

4. The rank discourtesy and ingratitude

5. A revealing scene from the antiquity

6. Had the Mysorean invaders entered

7. Non-noticeable slaves

8. The native-side of Martanda Varma

9. Improving ungrateful peoples

10. The Christians

11. A foolish celebration

Travancore State Manual part 2

1. Genealogical Tree of the Royal House

2. Martanda Varma

3. Rama Varma

4. Bala Rama Varma

5. Gouri Lakshmi Bayi

6. Gouri Parvathi Bayi

7. RAMA VARMA (Swati Tirunal)

8. MARTANDA VARMA (Uttram Tirunal)

9. RAMA VARMA (Ayilliam Tirunal)

10. Rama Varma - (Visakham Tirunal)

SIR RAMA VARMA-(Mulam Tirunal)