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Marriage Commission by one of its members, Mundappa Bangera. "The Bhutala-Pandya's Aliya-santana Law" shows that it was introduced by a despotic prince called Bhutala-Pandya about the year 77 A.D., superseding the makkala-santana or inheritance from father to son which then prevailed (in what is now South Kanara). It is said that when the maternal uncle of Deva-Pandya wanted to launch his newly constructed ships with valuable cargo in them, Kundodara, king of demons, demanded a human sacrifice. Déva-Pandya asked his wife's permission to offer

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