hi,---"N. Ganesan" wrote: > > Was there a line of chiefs called Maluwas (MaaLuvar in Tamil) > in Southern India? > > Kathiraiver Pillai's tamil lexicon has an entry: mALuvEntar= mALavatEcattAr. Madras Univ.'s Tamil Lexicon cites cilappatikAram, 30,159: mALuvam = mALavam, the country of Malwa (cIvaka. 2159). regards, kalyanaraman