Note 68 — T (continued 3)
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Concerning the Tuluva Vellālas, Mr. H. A. Stuart writes68 that these are immigrants from the Tulu country, a part of the modern district of South Canara. Mr. Nelson is of opinion that these are the original Vellālas, who were invited to Tondamandalam after its conquest by the Chola king Adondai Chakravarti.69