13. The Territorial System of the Rajput Kingdoms of 
Mediaeval Chhattisgarh. 
By C. U. Witts, I.C.S. 
CONTENTS. 
CHap. Page 
i; troduction cae 1 
II. The Raj or Atharahgarh Ap is ee 
lI. The Garh or Chaurasi 3 iy i. 20 
IV. The Talug or Barhon AR ie +06) 208 
V. The Numerical Basis of this Territorial Distribution 213 
VI. The Sambalpur Atharahgarh as «. 218 
VII. Chhattisgarh before and after the Rajput Conquest 227 
VIII. Chhattisgarh in the 16th Century : ce 26 
IX. Before and after the Maratha Conquest et) SED 
X. Summary and Conclusion . ik .. 254 
List of References pes is Rariepee 33 | 
CHAPTER I. 
INTRODUCTION. 
1. Chhattisgarh, a great inland basin drained by the 
Mahanadi and its tributaries, is the easternmost Division 
parts of the Province. And their political histoty also has 
developed on independent lines—a circumstance which in itsel 
should excuse an attempt, however incomplete, to throw light 
years ago to the curious mediaeval land-system of this tract of 
country. And I venture now, as the result of subsequent 
investigations, to put in writing the following account of the 
old Rajput kingdoms of Ratanpur and Raipur. ; 
2. The little that is definitely known regarding the Hai- 
haibansi dynasty in Chhattisgarh may be summarized as fol- 
lows :— 
In the 10th century A.D. a powerful Rajput family ruled 
at Tripuri or Tewar near Jubbulpore. Issuing from this king- 
settled, about the vear 1000 A.D. at Tuman, a site at present 
marked only by a few ruins in the north-east of the Lapha 
Zamindari of the Bilaspur District. His grandson, Ratnaraja, 
