MISCELLANEOUS

The following are the terms of agreement made in 1676 (A.D), Naḷa,
  Mārgali 30, between Ekōji-Mahārāja who had become the ruler of Tanjore as   the agent and general of the Bijāpūr Sāheb Bādshah on the one hand and the   Honourable Ulāndā (Dutch) Company on the other, represented by Periya
  -Karpittār (Senior Captain) sījnau Eikkaruvōvar and Chinna-Karpittār   Thōmasu Vandero and others (acting) under (the orders) of Sījñau Amarāla   (Admiral) Maharaja Rikkoloppu Von Gunju (Rijklof Van Goens) the Chinna   (junior) general of Malaṅgarai and the Governor of the (Dutch possessions)   in Ilaṅgai (Ceylon), Śōlamaṇdalam (Coramandal), Śālakkarai, Madirai etc :—

Firstly, Ekōji-Mahārāja and the Honourable Company should eease
  their hostilities, and from this day should be steadfast in mutual friendship,   and the manushar (subordinates) of both the parties should act according to   this cowle. Ekōji-Mahārāja in the name of Bijāpūr Sāhebu Bādshāh should   allow the Honourable Dutch Company facilities on the East Coast of India ;

Secondly, the Honourable Company had been enjoying the privileges of paying   half tīrvai (tax) on the exports and imports made by their factors and   merchants in the Tanjore-śīrmai. This (concession) was permitted by   Mūvalar the agent of the Bijāpūr Bādshah and was continued during the time   of the deceased Vijayarāghava Nāyaka of Tanjore in (A.D) 1669, who in   confirmation thereof had granted (to the company) a silver-plate   grant(vellippattaiyam). By the grant of this cowle, Ekōji-Mahārāja also   agreed to the same conditions—namely, the right to trade and payment of   half tax in Tanjore and in the country adjoining it, as specified in the previous   cowle in the custody of the Dutch Company ;

Thirdly, Ekōji-Mahārāja agreed to continue the lease of the old ten villages and   of the plots at Poyyūr situated to the south of the fort at Nāgapaṭṭanam   (Negapatam) and that to the west of the Pudiya-veḷigōpuram which are   enumerated in the cowle granted by Vijayarāghava-Nāyaka of Tanjore. For   the ten villages referred to above the Honourable Company should pay   annually one thousand two hundred pon ; Fourthly, in accordance with this   agreement, Bijāpūr Sāheb Bādshah and Ēkōji-Mahārāja should abandon all   claims such as ninaivu, kavvai, etc., on Nāgapaṭṭaṇam, the ten villages   and Poyyūr and Pudiya-veḷittoṭṭam and band these over to the Company.   Ékōji-Mahārāja agreed to continue the lease of Tirumalairāja-paṭṭiṇam and   Kāraikkāl which had handed over by Kāvēṭi-Nāyaka, the agent if   Chokkanātha-Nāyaka of Madura in (A. D.) 1674, Ānanda, Puraṭṭāśi 13, to   Amarāla Mahārāja Rikkuloppu Van Gūsu (Rijklof Van Goens) the Chinna (junior)   general of the Indian Coast. In gratitude for this, the Company agreed to   given Ēkoji-Mahārāja of his agent one tusker and 4200 pon in cash (1200 pon   for the ten villages and 3000 for Nāgapaṭṭaṇam) ;

Fifthly, Ēkōji-Mahārāja permitted the Honourable Company to mint at   Nāgapaṭṭiṇam paṇam and varāhan coins under the following conditions,   viz., that the paṇam shall be of three and half carat gold as current in the   Tanjāvūr-sirmai and the varāhan shall be of 8 carat gold as in Pavalakkāḍu  (Puḷicat), and that in conformity with the agreement made between Amarāl-Mahārāja and Kāvētti-Nāyaka, the profit of the mint, after the deduction of working

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